9/15/2015 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSSESSING A PENALTY OF $35,200. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
AT THE TIME OF THE FEBRUARY 2013 CEI, RESPONDENT HAD NOT CONDUCTED A PROPER HAZARDOUS WASTE DETERMINATION ON THE FOLLOWING WASTE STREAMS: AEROSOL CANS WITH IGNITABLE CONTENTS OBSERVED IN A TRASH; BUCKETS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF HARDENED SOLVENT-BASED PAINT; CLUMPS CLUMPS OF HARDENED PAINT THROUGHOUT THE PAINTING AREA; WASTE SOLVENT; AND SPENT LIQUID THINNER.
EPA THEREFORE ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT FAILED TO MAKE A HAZARDOUS WASTE DETERMINATION SOLID WASTE GENERATED AT ITS FACILITY.
AT THE TIME OF THE FEBRUARY 2013 CEI, RESPONDENT WAS NOT ABLE TO PRODUCE ANY HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFESTS FOR F005 LISTED WASTES SHIPPED FOR OFFISE DISPOSAL, AND PERSONNEL STATED THAT SPENT RAGS AND/OR WIPES CONTAMINATED WITH F005 LISTED PAINT THINNER WERE DISCARDED IN THE REGULAR TRASH.
THE EPA THEREFORE ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT FAILED TO USE A HAZARDOUS WASTE MAINFEST FOR EACH OFF-SITE SHIPMENT OF F005 CONTAMINATED RAGS.
AT THE TIME OF THE FEBRUARY 2013 CEI, RESPONDENT WAS STORING HAZARDOUS WAST STILL BOTTOMS IN A 55-GALLON CONTAINER THAT WAS NOT LABELED WITH THE ACCUMULATION START DATE.
THE EPA THEREFORE ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT FAILED TO MEED A CONDITION OF THE SQG PERMIT EXEMPTION BY STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS.
AT THE TIME OF THE FEBRUARY 2013 CEI, RESPONDENT WAS STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE STILL BOTTOMS IN 55-GALLO