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UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Administrative - Formal · FY2016 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3600823969

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
01-2016-5004
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

The University of Vermont has agreed to pay a $20,000 penalty to settle claims that it violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at a university-owned treatment and storage facility in Burlington, Vermont. The action had alleged violations of RCRA and state and federal hazardous waste regulations including storage of incompatible wastes in the same container; failure to include all hazardous waste codes on land disposal restrictions notifications; failure to adequately train all employees; and, failure to properly label containers of hazardous waste. The consent agreement and final order requires the Respondent to pay a penalty of $20,000; to no longer place or store incompatible wastes and materials in the same container; to include all applicable waste codes on land disposal restriction notifications; to properly label all hazardous waste containers; and to provide the necessary hazardous waste training and Department of Transportation training to employees with hazardous waste management responsibilities.

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Authoritative
EPA ECHO
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