7/14/16 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $8,700, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
RESPONDENT OPERATES A PERMITTED MERCURY CONTAINING LAMP AND DEVICE STORAGE, RECOVERY AND RECLAMATION FACILITY. ON DEC 17, 2015, EPA AND FDEP CONDUCTED A COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION (CEI) AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. DURING THE CEI, EPA AND FDEP OBSERVED:
- SEVERAL BOXES OF UNIVERSAL WASTE LAMPS THAT WERE NOT PROPERLY CLOSED. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED FLA. ADMIN. CODE ANN. R. 62-737.200 (40 CFR 273.33(b)(1)) BY FAILING TO CLOSE CONTAINERS AND PACKAGES IN A WAY THAT PREVENTS RELEASES OF ANY UNIVERSALE WASTE OR COMPONENT OF A UNIVERSALE WASTE TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
- THE UNIVERSAL WASTE LAMP STORAGE AREA LACKED AISLE SPACE, AS BOXES OF UNIVERSALE WASTE WERE NOT SPACED OUT IN A WAY TO ALLOW FOR THE UNOBSTRUCTED MOVEMENT OF PERSONNEL, FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT, SPILL CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT TO ANY AREA OF FACILITY OPERATION IN AN EMERGENCY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMIT NUMBER 007145-HO-011, CONDITION I.27.e, THE PERMITTEE SHALL MAINTAIN AISLE SPACE AS REQUIRED BY FLA. ADMIN. CODE ANN. R. 63.730.180(1) (40 CFR 264.35).