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HERITAGE CRYSTAL CLEAN, INC (National Case)

Judicial · FY2019 · — · — · 3601876634

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-2019-7002
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

On June 5, 2019, EPA Region 3 submitted a Litigation Report to the Department of Justice regarding violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by the Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. (HCC) facility formerly operating in Fairless Hills, PA. This Report will supplement a Litigation Report previously submitted by Region 6 regarding HCC facilities in that region. Regions 4, 5 & 8 will also be joining this national enforcement action. The violations related to the Fairless Hills HCC facility include: failure to properly identify and manage hazardous waste; operating as a Treatment, Storage, and Disposal facility without first obtaining a permit; shipping hazardous waste offsite without using a manifest; and failure to comply with the RCRA air emission requirements. These violations were discovered after a joint Region 3/Headquarters inspection conducted March 12 & 13, 2018. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection participated on the March 2018 inspection and was invited to join in the referral

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