Region 1 filed an administrative complaint against Specialty Materials Business Trust d/b/a Specialty Materials, Inc. for alleged violations of RCRA, the federal hazardous waste management regulations, and the hazardous waste rules for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Specialty Materials, Inc., manufactures fiber products and composite materials that are used in aerospace, sporting, and industrial applications at a facility located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The complaint alleges 14 violations of hazardous waste management regulations, and orders the facility to come into compliance with the various requirements within 60 days, in accordance with a prescribed schedule. This enforcement action is expected to encourage compliance in the regulated community with RCRA and to help protect public health and the environment by promoting the proper management of hazardous wastes.
The consent agreement and final order resolves fourteen violations of RCRA hazardous waste regulations. Specialty Materials Business Trust manufactures fiber products and composite materials that are used in aerospace, sporting and industrial applications at a facility located in Lowell, Massachusetts. Hazardous wastewater contaminated with mercury, methyl ethyl ketone, resin and solids contaminated with acetone, isopropyl alcohol, various flammable liquids, waste epoxy and adhesive cleaner, and aerosols.
The violations, documented during an inspection in July 2014, included the failure to close contain