# GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34528`
- **Case Number:** 06-1988-0500
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $38K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

FACT SHEET:                                                  *                                                            GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY (GCA) IS A QUASI-GOVERN- MENTAL AGENCY.  THE TEXAS CITY FACILITY ACCEPTS WASTES FROM  SEVERAL INDUSTRIES IN THE AREA, INCLUDING UNION CARBIDE.     GCA HAS A LANDFILL AND LANDFARM.                             *                                                            DURING A LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS INSPECTION, THE FOL-     LOWING VIOLATIONS WERE NOTED:                                *                                                               - FAILURE TO AMEND WASTE ANALYSIS PLAN TO ADDRESS THE          LAND BAN;                                                  - FAILURE TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY RESTRICTED WASTES NOT           MEETING THE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT STANDARDS;               - LAND DISPOSAL OF RESTRICTED WASTES NOT MEETING THE           APPROPRIATE TREATMENT STANDARDS.                        *                                                            THE WASTES IN QUESTION WERE FROM UNION CARBIDE.  A SIMILAR   COMPLIANCE ORDER IS PREPARED AGAINST UNION CARBIDE.

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