# CAPOZZI CUSTOM CABINETS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31436`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0046
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $38K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CAPOZZI CUSTOM CABINETS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE FACILITY MAKES AND FINISHES CABINETS AND COUNTERTOPS.    THE FACILITY DUMPS ITS HAZARDOUS WASTE BUILDING.  WASTES     INCLUDES PAINT RELATED MATERIALS, WASTE STAINS, LACQUERS     THINNERS, TOLUENE, ETS.  THE WASTE IS DUMPED FROM COFFEE     OTHER CONTAINERS OR DIRECTLY FROM THE PAINT GUNS WITHIN      10-12 FEET FROM THE BACK DOOR.  THERE MAY BE DUMPING OF ONE  GALLON.  THE DUMPING OCCURS WHENEVER NEEDED, NOT JUST AT THE END OF A SHIFT OR UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS.  THE STATE    HAS TRIED THIS THROUGH STATE ACTION.                         THE CASE IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR HEARING ON NOVEMBER 15   AND 16, 2000, IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.  RESPONDENT HAS DECLINED  TO ENGAGE IN SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS.  MOTIONS TO AMEND EPA'S PENALTY DEMAND, AND IN LIMINE AND FOR ACCELERATED DECISION   ON LIABILITY AND ON ABILITY TO PAY ARE FILED OR PLANNED FOR  FILING WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.  EPA'S AMENDED PENALTY DEMAND   SEEKS A TOTAL PENALTY OF $183,448.  THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES    HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL WITHOUT A PERMIT, LAND DISPOSAL     OF HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT TREATMENT TO LDR STANDARDS,       FAILURE TO ANALYZE HAZARDOUS WASTES, FAILURE TO KEEP         HAZARDOUS WASTE TRAINING RECORDS, FAILURE TO HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN, AND FAILURE TO HAVE A CLOSURE PLAN, IN VIOLATION OF RCRA AND OHIO'S AUTHORIZED RCRA REGULATIONS.  THE FACILITY FAILED TO PAY PENALTY AND WAS REFERRED TO TREASURY.  PAYMENT OF $37,000 WAS PAID TO TREASURY.

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