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RELIABLE COATINGS, INC.

Judicial · FY1994 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery · 35851

Penalty
$93K
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1994-0140
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 104(A) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPON- SE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. SEC. 9604(A). 2. RELIABLE COATINGS, INC. 13108 EULESS STREET EULESS, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS FACILITY I.D. NO. TXD054375027 CATEGORY OF REMOVAL: TIME CRITICAL SITE I.D.: AA 3. RELIABLE COATINGS WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE STORAGE REGULA- TIONS OF RCRA. APPROXIMATELY 1,800 DRUMS CONTAINING PAINT WASTES, SOLVENTS (ETHER, ALCOHOL AND XYLENE), SLUD- GES, AND RESINS WERE FOUND ON THE PROPERTY. ADDITIONALLY, APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED 400-GALLON TOTES AND EIGHT 700- GALLON MIXING VATS CONTAINING THE SAME WASTE MATERIALS AND SOLVENTS WERE FOUND ON THE SITE, AND A FULL 1,000- GALLON VAT, TWO 3,000-GALLON TANKS, AND THOUSANDS OF SMALLER CONTAINERS WERE ALSO PRESENT. NUMEROUS CONTAINERS WITH HAXARDOUS WASTE LABELS WERE DISTRIBUTED AMONG SIMIL- AR CONTAINERS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. CONTAINERS WERE HAPHAZARDLY STORED INSIDE THE MANUFACTURING BUILDING, BE- NEATH A METAL CANOPY AND ON AN EXPOSED CONCRETE PAD SOUTH AND EAST OF THE BUILDING. SOME OF THESE CONTAINERS HAD FALLEN AND THEIR CONTENTS HAD SPILLED TO THE SURRONDING AREAS.

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