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SAFETY-KLEEN CORP

Administrative - Formal · FY1985 · — · Source Agrees · 25803

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Case Number
05-1985-0548
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
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Summary

ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 19, 1980, SAFETY-KLEEN CORPORATION STORED SPENT HALOGENATED AND NON-HALOGENATED SOLVENTS, U.S. EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE CODES F003 AND F005, WHICH HAVE BEEN LISTED AS HAZARDOUS WASTE UNDER 40 CFR 261.31, AND OAC 3745-51-31, WITHOUT A PERMIT AND WITHOUT HAVING ACHIEVED INTERIM STATUS, IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 3005(A) OF THE ACT. INTERIM STATUS WAS NOT ACHIEVED BECAUSE SAFETY-KLEEN CORPORATION FAILED TO SUBMIT A NOTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITY BY AUGUST 18, 1980, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3010(A) OF THE ACT. RESPONDENT FILED SUCH NOTIFICATION ON OCTOBER 31, 1980. A PART A PERMIT APPLICATION PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 122.22 WAS FILED IN A TIMELY MANNER, ON NOVEMBER 18, 1980. ON JULY 23, 1982, RESPONDENT ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. EPA TO STORE ALL HAZARDOUS WASTE AT THE FACILITY IN COMPLETE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS APPLICA- BLE TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES, 40 CFR PART 265, AND WITH THE CONSOLIDATED PERMIT REGULATIONS, 40 CFR PART 270, AS IF RESPONDENT HAS FILED A TIMELY NOTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 3010(A). ON JULY 23, 1982, U.S. EPA APPROVED AN INCREASE IN CON- TAINER STORAGE CAPACITY FROM 7,080 TO 11,000 GALLONS AND AN INCREASE IN TANK STORAGE CAPACITY FROM 70,000 TO 176,500 GALLONS.

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