# EASTERN TERMINALS INC OF NEW JERSEY
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3169`
- **Case Number:** 02-1988-0636
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $195K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- EASTERN OF NEW JERSEY TERMINALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- EASTERN OF NEW JERSEY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL IS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) AND (G) OF    RCRA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928(A) AND (G), FOR INJUNCTIVE      RELIEF AND CIVIL PENALTIES TO REDRESS VIOLATIONS OF RCRA     REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO MARKETERS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE      AND/OR USED OIL BURNED FOR ENERGY RECOVERY.                    AT THE REQUEST OF REGION II, EPA'S NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT    INVESTIGATIONS CENTER ( NEIC ) CONDUCTED INVESTIGATIONS AT   TEN FACILITIES IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY TO DETERMINE THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE WASTE OIL REGULATIONS.  THESE INVESTI-   GATIONS FOCUSED ON WHETHER THE MARKETING ACTIVITIES OF THESE FACILITIES COMPLIED WITH SUBPARTS D AND E OF 40 C.F.R. PART  266.  ALL NEW JERSEY FACILITIES WERE FOUND TO BE IN VIOLAT-  ION OF THE WASTE OIL REGULATIONS.                              THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLATIONS OF PART 266   REGULATIONS ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS.  BECAUSE OF THE POTEN-  TIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION, ENFORCING THE REGULATORY         REQUIREMENTS AND FILING THESE COMPLAINTS PROMPTLY ASSUMES    INCREASED IMPORTANCE.                                          BY FILING THESE CASES, THE UNITED STATES CAN BEGIN TO      ESTABLISH AN ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IN AN AREA WHERE NON-      COMPLIANCE THREATENS PUBLIC HEALTH.                          *                                                            FACILITY ADDRESS:                                                               1510 KENNEDY BLVD.                                           JERSEY CITY, N.J. 0

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