On December 21, 2010, EPA signed a CAFO resolving RCRA claims against Hudson Color Concentrates, a division of L&A Molding Corporation (Hudson Color). Hudson Color is the owner/operator of a facility that produces custom color plastic pellet concentrates for the plastics industry by blending, mixing, melting, extruding, quenching, drying and chipping processed mixtures of color pigments. Some of the powdered pigments contained hazardous levels of lead. Additionally, through operation of the facility, Hudson Color generates, or has generated universal wastes. This CAFO resolves EPA's claim that Hudson Color violated Sections 3002 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. '' 6922 and the authorized Massachusetts RCRA regulations by failing to: conduct adequate hazardous waste determinations; manage universal waste to prevent release of mercury; and mark accumulation dates on containers of stored universal wastes. Under the CAFO, Hudson Color has agreed to pay a penalty of $17,409.