2/25/16 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,100, DUE IN 4 EQUAL INSTALLMENTS. FIRST PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. SECOND PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 110 DAYS. THIRD PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 200 DAYS. FOURTH PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 290 DAYS.
RESPONDENT IS A FIXED BASE OPERATOR (FBO) AT THE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG AIRPORT; IT OPERATES A FULL SERVICE FACILITY OFFERING MAINTENANCE, AVIONICS, COMPLETIONS SALES AND FBO SERVICES. THE FACILITY OPERATES UNDER THE NAICS CODE 488119 FOR OTHER AIRPORT OPERATIONS.
THE FACILITY IS LQG OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AS WELL AS A SMALL QUANTITY HANDLER OF UNIVERSALE WASTE (SQHUW). HAZARDOUS WASTES MANAGED AT THE FACILITY ARE PRIMARILY GENERATED FROM AIRCRAFT STRIPPING AND PAINTING ACTIVITIES, WHILE UNIVERSAL HAZ WASTES MANAGED AT THE FACILITY INCLUDE COMPACT FLUORESCENT AND METAL HALIDE UNIVERSAL HAZ WASTE BULBS.
ON APR 2, 2015, EPA AND SC DHEC CONDUCTED A RCRA COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION (CEI) AT THE FACILITY.
DURING THE INSPECTION, INSPECTORS OBSERVED:
- THAT A 55-GAL DRUM, HAVING ALREADY BECOME SO SEVERELY RUSTED THAT OPENINGS WERE VISIBLE ALONG THE RIM WHEN THE DRUM RING WAS FASTENED, WAS POSITIONED BENEATH THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FILTER PRESS AND WAS BEING USED TO ACCUMULATE A D006/D007 CHARACTERISTIC, AND F019 LISTED, HAZ WASTE SLUDGE.
- THAT D006/D007 CHARACTERISTIC, AND F019 LISTED, HAZ WASTE SLUDGE, HAVING BEEN GENERATED BY OPERATION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FILTER PRSS, WAS BEING STORED IN A 55-GAL