# PIERCE & STEVENS CORP.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31102`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0509
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $88K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $8K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PIERCE & STEVENS CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT, FINDINGS OF VIOLATION, AND         COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED 8/14/98 (FOR PENALTY AND COMPLIANCE) FOR STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT PERMIT.               COMPLAINT ISSUED AUGUST 14, 1998 TO PIERCE & STEVENS         CORPORATION FOR OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT.  RESPONDENT      STORED WASTE FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS     FAILED TO CONDUCT WEEKLY INSPECTIONS OF WASTE STORAGE        AREA, SUPPLIED DEFICIENT CONTINGENCY PLAN AT THE TIME OF     EPA'S INSPECTION, HAD INCOMPLETE TRAINING RECORDS AT THE     TIME OF EPA'S INSPECTIONS, AND FAILED TO LABEL ONE DRUM.     COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRED RESPONDENT TO:                       (1)  CEASE TO STORE HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT A RCRA PERMIT.   (2)  SUBMIT INSPECTION LOGS FOR INSPECTIONS REQUIRED              UNDER RCRA.                                             (3)  DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PLAN FOR CLOSURE OF HAZARDOUS          WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS.                               THE COMPLAINT WAS ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS CONCERNING THE       STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT A PERMIT REGULATIONS      FOUNT AT 40 CFR PART 270.                                    P&S FAILEDTO MANAGE HAZARDOUS WASTE SOLVENTS PROPERLY.       VIOLATIONS INCLUDED THE ILLEGAL STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE   BY STORING WASTE FOR GREATER THAN 90 DAYS WITHOUT A PERMIT.  IN THIS ORDER, P&S HAS AGREED TO SATISFY RCRA CIVIL PENALTY  OF $87,798 BY DIRECT PAYMENT OF 57% OF THE ASSESSED PENALTY  AMOUNT ($50,000.00) AND SATISFYING T

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