# Stericycle
> **Judicial** · FY2018 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3601863008`
- **Case Number:** 08-2018-0099
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Stericycle (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

This settlement resolves violations alleged by the EPA that Stericycle operated its waste incinerator in a manner that exceeded regulatory limits for nitrogen oxides (NOx), failed to properly conduct stack tests, and failed to comply with reporting requirements. As set forth in a consent decree, Stericycle is required to comply with EPA regulations applicable to medical waste incinerators, pay a $600,000 civil penalty, and conduct a Supplemental Environmental Project requiring the company to spend at least $2 million to purchase low- emitting school buses for a local school district.

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