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Qualawash Holdings, LLC

Administrative - Formal · FY2018 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3601562524

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2018-0921
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

On September 20, 2018, EPA Region 6 issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) under its authority pursuant to Section 3008(a) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to Quala Holdings, LLC. for its facility located in Saginaw, TX. The CAFO was issued in response to the following violations of RCRA: 1)Failure to Operate or Maintain the Facility in a Manner to Prevent a Release or Spill; 2)Failure to Adequately Characterize Hazardous Waste; and 3)Failure to Identify an Emergency Coordinator. The CAFO requires Quala Holdings, LLC. to: 1)Revise its procedures to make adequate and accurate hazardous waste determinations on heels generated at the Facility; 2)Install engineering controls in the form of a stand-pipe to prevent discharge of solid waste to the floor of the building; 3)Create a procedure to ensure that contingency plan and emergency procedures comply with RCRA and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and to ensure proper redistribution to relevant authorities if further changes occur; and 4)Pay a Civil Penalty of $74,000.

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