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BINGHAM, WARREN, ETC/ARRCOM INC

Judicial · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 54114

$36K
Penalty
$0
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
10-1987-0084
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-7-1-445
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (4)

Summary

VIOLATION OF INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS. CASE OPENED ORC REGION 10 5/11/83; CASE OPENED ENFORCEMENT DOCKET 9/18/87. REFERRAL TO HEADQUARTERS 9/30/87 WITH FOLLOWING SYNOPSIS. ON 4/27/83, A COMPLAINT AND COMPLIANCE ORDER WAS ISSUED TO RESPONDENTS ARRCOM INC, DREXLER ENTERPRISES INC, GEORGE DREXLER, THOMAS DREXLER, W ALAN PICKETT, AND WARREN BINGHAM BY EPA REGION 10, PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, 42 USC, 6928(A). THIS ACTION CHARGED THAT OWNER RESPONDENT, WARREN BINGHAM, AND THE OPERATOR RESPONDENTS, ARRCOM, DREXLER ENTERPRISES, GEORGE DREXLER, THOMAS DREXLER, AND ALAN PICKETT, MAINTAINED HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITY IN RURAL IDAHO, NEAR RATHDRUM IDAHO, KNOWN AS ARRCOM-RATHDRUM FACILITY. THE FACILITY WAS USED TO PROCESS USED OIL FOR RESALE. INVESTIGATION AND INSPECTION BY EPA FOUND THAT THE OPERATORS WERE BLENDING SOLVENTS WITH THE OIL AND ACCEPTING SEVERELY CONTAMINATED OIL FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. MUCH CONTAMINATED OIL WAS DUMPED IN UNLINED PITS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. STORAGE TANKS WERE FOUND TO BE LEAKING BADLY. * THE CIVIL JUDICIAL ACTION ADDRESSES THE ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION OF CIVIL PENALTIES WHICH WERE ASSESSED AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS UNDER SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA. THE PENALTIES STEM F

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