# UNITED CIRCUITS INC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1202`
- **Case Number:** 01-2000-0004
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $13K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $3K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- UNITED CIRCUITS INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

UNITED CIRCUITS MANUFACTURES PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS FOR    BOTH MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL CLILENTS. IT PURCHASES COPPER   LAMINATE BOARDS AND PROCESSES THEM TO EXACT SPECIFICATIONS   THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROCESSES INCLUDING DRILLING, PLATING,  IMPLANT IMAGING, ETCHING, SCREENING AND ROUTING. HAZARDOUS   WASTES ARE GENERATED FROM ITS OPERATINS.                       FOLLOWING A COMPLAINT TO EPA'S HOTLINE, INSPECTORS FROM    RCRA, WATER AND LAB OFFICES CONDUCTED A MULTI-MEDIA INSPEC-  TION ON NOVEMBER 25, 1997. RCRA VIOLATIONS WERE BASED ON     OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING THE INSPECTION. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS 1. UNITED CIRCUITS FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY MAINTAIN A HAZARD-  OUS WASTE STORAGE AREA.                                      2. THE CONCRETE BASE OF TEH STORAGE AREA WAS IN POOR         CONDITION WITH LARGE CRACKS AND A SIX INCH DIAMETER HOLE     COMPLETELY PENETRATING THE BASE TO THE FLOOR BOARDS BELOW.   THE STORAGE AREA IN THE BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING ABUTS       BEAVER BROOK. THE SAME STORAGE AREA WAS BEING USED TO STORE  INCOMPATIBLE WASTE. ALSO, OTHER RCRA BASE PROGRAM REQUIRE-   MENTS.  PRIOR TO THIS ACTION, UNITED CIRCUITS WAS CITED BY   MA DEP FOR SEVERAL HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT VIOLATIONS.    UNITED CIRCUITS ENTERED INTO A CONSENT ORDER WITH THE STATE  ON JANUARY 18, 1996. UNITED CIRCUITS PAID A CIVIL PENALTY    OF $19,000 TO SETTLE THE ACTION.

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