9/15/15 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $16,600. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
DURING THE APRIL 29, 2015, RCRA, CEI, THE EPA OBSERVED THAT RESPONDENT HAD FAILED TO MAKE ADEQUATE HAZARDOUS WASTE DETERMINATION ON RAGS CONTAIMINATED WITH SPENT TOLUENE, A F005 LISTED HAZARDOUS WASTE, WHICH HAD BEEN PLACED INTO A SOLID WASTE DUMPSTER LOCATED IN RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
THE EPA THEREFORE ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED GA. COMP. R. AND REGS. 391-3-11-.09(1) [40 CFR SECTION 262.11], BY FAILING TO MAKE A HAZARDOUS WASTE DETERMINATION ON THE SPENT TOLUENE CONTAMINATED RAGS AT ITS FACILITY.
THE EPA THEREFORE ALLEGES RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 12-8-66 OF THE GHWMA, GA. CODE ANN. SECTION 12-8-66 [SECTION 3005 OF RCRA], FOR TREATING HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS.