Respondent cited for several violations, including: Failure to make hazardous waste determinations;
Failure to keep containers holding hazardous waste closed; Failure to minimize the risk of fire, explosion or release of hazardous waste/constituents in its handling and management of hazardous waste;Failure to obtain a permit for the storage of hazardous waste (or to satisfy the conditions required to store hazardous waste without a permit);
Failure to obtain a permit for the treatment of hazardous waste;Failure to meet the training requirements set forth in the regulations for facility personnel;Failure to have a complete contingency plan for the Battery Recycling facility; and Failure to comply with applicable Land Disposal Restriction requirements.
Relief Requested:
Make hazardous waste determinations including whenever a material or process change at the Facility may affect a hazardous waste characterization; Eliminate or otherwise minimize the release to air, soil or surface water of lead and/or dust containing other hazardous waste constituents resulting from a number of specified operations and activities involved in the generation, handling, storage and disposal of lead-containing wastes; Eliminate or minimize the release of lead and/or dust containing other hazardous waste constituents resulting from evaporation that occurs during wastewater and stormwater runoff from the lead smelting operations discharged to the facilityÂs wastewater treatment plant;Elimin