7/18/13 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $35,100, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
RESPONDENT MANUFACTURES MARINE LIGHTS, HARDWARE, AND ACCESSORIES. FACILITY OPERATIONS INCLUDE SAND CASTING, DIE CASTING, ELECTROPLATING, MACHINING, PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING, PAINTING, AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.
HAZ WASTE GENERATED BY RESPONDENT INCLUDE: SOLVENT WASTE (D001, D035, F003, F005) FROM PAINTING PROCESS; PLATING WASTE SLUDGE (F006) FROM ITS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE CHROMIC ACID SOLUTIOON (D002, D007), WASTE BRIGHT NICKEL BATH SOLUTIONS (D007, D008) AND CYANIDE WASTE (D003, D005, D007, AND F006) FROM THE PLATING PROCESSES.
ON MAR 9, 2010, EPA PERFORMED A RCRA COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION (CEI) AT THE FACILITY.
AT THE TIME OF THE CEI, EPA OVSERVED VARIOUS CONTAINERS OF HAZ WASTE IN THE PAINT BOOTH AREA SATELLITE ACCUMULATION AREA THAT WERE NOT CLOSED AND WERE NOT PROPERLY LABELED WITH THE WORDS HAZARDOUS WASTE OR OTHER WORDS THAT IDENTIFY THE CONTENTS AS REQUIRED.
AT THE TIME OF THE CEI, EPA OBSERVED THAT A CONTAINER OF EXCESS HAZ WASTE LOCATED IN THE PAINT BOOTH AREA WAS NOT MARKED WITH THE DATE THE EXCESS AMOUNT OF HAZ WASTE BEGIN ACCUMULATING AS REQUIRED.
AT THE TIME OF THE CEI, EPA OBSERVED CERTAIN CONTAINERS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES WHICH EPA ALLEGES WERE HAZARDOUS WASTES THAT WERE NOT BEING MANAGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLA ADMIN CODE ANN R 62-160(1) (40 CFR 262.34(a)(1)-(4) LQG PERMIT EXEMPTION.
AT THE TIME OF THE CEI, EPA OB