5/2/14 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $8,750.
UNDER THE MHWMR, RESPONDENT WAS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS AT ITS FACILITY AT THE TIME OF THE EPA COMPLIANCE INSPECTION (CEI) CONDUCTED ON MAY 1, 2013:
A. PURSUANT TO MHWMR PART 262 (40 CFR 262.34(c)(1)(ii)) A GENERATOR OF HAZ WASTE MAY ACCUMULATE AS MUCH AS 55 GALS OF HAZ WASTE (OR ONE QUART OF ACUTELY HAZ WASTE) IN CONTAINERS AT OR NEAR ANY POINT OF GENERATION WHERE WASTES INITIALLY ACCUMULATE (I.E., SATELLITE ACCUJULATION AREA), WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS, PROVIDED THE GENERATOR MARKS SUCH CONTAINERS EITHER WITH THE WORDS HAZARDOUS WASTE OR WITH OTHER WORDS WHICH IDENTIFY THE CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINERS. AT THE TIME OF THE CEI, THE EPA INSPECTOR OBSERVED THAT THE STILL BOTTOMS ACCUMULATION CONTAINER IN THE SATELLITE ACCUMULATION AREA WAS NOT LABELED PER MHWMR PART 262 (40 CFR 262.34(c)(1)(ii)).
B. PURSUANT TO MHMWR PART 262 (40 CFR 262.34(d)(4)), A GENERATOR WHO GENERATES GREATER THAN 100 KILOGRAMS BUT LESS THAN 1000 KILOGRAMS OF HAZ WASTE IN A CALENDAR MONTH MAY ACCUMULATE HAZ WASTE ON-SITE FOR 180 DAYS OR LESS WITHOUT A PERMIT OR WITHOUT HAVING INTERIM STATUS, PROVIDED THAT PROVIDED THE GENERATOR MARKS SUCH CONTAINERS EITHER WITH THE WORDS HAZARDOUS WASTE. AT THE TIME OF THE CEI, THE EPA INSPECTOR OBSERVED 3 HAZ WASTE CONTAINERS IN THE 180-DAY STORAGE AREA THAT WERE NOT MARKED WITH THE WORDS HAZARDOUS WASTE.
C. PURSUANT TO MHWMR PART 262 (40 CF