On September 26, 2017, EPA Region 6 issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) under its authority pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to Macy?s Retail Holdings, Inc. (Macy?s). The CAFO includes a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) to educate the retail sector and a third party audit. The CAFO addresses RCRA violations identified at multiple stores throughout Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Data examined by the Region revealed that although Macy?s generated ignitable hazardous waste (e.g., expired cosmetics) above regulatory levels (over 125 tons between 2012-2015), it failed to provide notification of hazardous waste activity and meet the attendant requirements for worker training, contingency planning and waste shipment documentation. The CAFO requires Macy?s to certify and document compliance with the applicable hazardous waste generator requirements and imposes a penalty of $375,000.