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CAMBRIDGE PLATING COMPANY INC

Judicial · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 278

$40K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
01-1993-0027
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THE REGION PROPOSES THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST CAMBRIDGE PLATING COMPANY INC. FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES UNDER SECTIONS 3002 AND 3008 OF RCRA FOR THE COMPANY'S VIOLATION OF GENERATOR STANDARDS AND LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE. AN INSPECTION OF THE COMPANY'S FACILITY BY EPA INSPECTORS ON MARCH 10, 1993 REVEALED THE FAILURE OF CAMBRIDGE PLATING TO OPERATE ITS FACILITY IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE HAZARD- OUS WASTE GENERATOR STANDARDS, INCLUDING PERSONNEL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINER MANAGEMENT REQUIRE- MENTS, EXPORTS REGULATIONS, AND LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTION REGULATIONS. AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION SEEKING PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $236,995 BE IMPOSED AND THAT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF BE SOUGHT (I) PROHIBITING CAMBRIDGE PLATING FROM STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE AT THE FACILITY FOR GREATER THAN 90 DAYS, (II) PROHIBITING CAMBRIDGE PLATING FROM OPERATING THE FACILITY IN VIOLATION OF THE RCRA GENERATOR STANDARDS, (III) REQUIRING THE FACILITY TO UNDERTAKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT OF ITS HAZARD- OUS WASTE OPERATIONS, AND (IV) REQUIRING CAMBRIDGE PLATING TO UNDERTAKE AN ANALYSIS OF THE WASTE MINIMIZATION AND POLLUTION PREVENTION POTENTIAL OF THE FACILITY'S OPERATIONS.

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