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NUCLEAR SOURCES & SERVICES, INC. - HOUSTON, TX

Administrative - Formal · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 34297

$24K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1987-0501
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

ACTION REQUESTED: ISSUE A 3008(A) COMPLIANCE ORDER FOR RCRA INTERIM STATUS VIOLATIONS. BACKGROUND: * NUCLEAR SOURCES AND SERVICES, INC. (NSSI) IS A MANUFACTURER OF RADIOACTIE ISOTOPES AND TRANSPORTS, TREATS, AND STORES HAARDOUS WASTES. THE HAZARDOUS WASTES MANAGED AT THE FACI- LITY INCLUDE IGNITABLE, CORROSIVE, REACTIVE AND LISTED HAZARDOUS WASTES. * NSSI COLLECTS, TREATS AND STORES, IN DRUMS AND TANKS, WASTES FROM SMALL AND LARGE QUANTITY GENERATORS PRIOR TO DISPOSAL AT A COMMERCIAL FACILITY. NSSI HAS TWO DRUM STORAGE AREAS, ONE FOR CORROSIVES AND ONE FOR REACTIVES AND IGNITABLES. * NSSI WAS REFERRED TO EPA ON SEPT 19, 1986. A LEAD CEI WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 3, 4, AND 13, 1987 AND THE REPORT COM- PLETED MAY 8, 1987. A CEI WAS ALSO CONDUCTED ON APRIL 18, 1984 AND THE REPORT COMPLETED MAY 8, 1984. IN AUGUST, 1986, A SOLID WASTE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED FOR AN INSPECTION CON- DUCTED IN JULY 1986 BY TWC. THESE REPORTS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL INTERIM STATUS VIOLATIONS. * VIOLATIONS DETECTED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE INSPECTIONS INCLUDE: FAILURE TO SUBMIT A REVISE

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