On October 10, 2019 the Regional Judicial Officer signed a Final Order ratifying a Consent Agreement between EPA and Axalta Coatings Systems (Axalta), located in Front Royal, Virginia. The Consent Agreement resolves alleged violations of RCRA C identified during a May 2018 EPA inspection of the Axalta facility.
The RCRA C regulatory program creates a management regimen for hazardous waste designed to prevent the release of hazardous waste to the soil, water and air. RCRA C regulations track hazardous waste from the point of generation to the point of treatment and/or disposal. The EPA RCRA C inspection of the Alata Facility found violations of the RCRA C regulations, primarily concerning a hazardous waste storage tank that was not being managed by the facility in accordance with the RCRA C regulations. These violations resulted in the release of hazardous waste VOCs to the environment.
Axalta Coating Systems will pay a $140,000 penalty and complete the tasks sets forth in a Compliance Order requiring the installation of secondary containment around the previously unmanaged hazardous waste tank and installation of controls to bring this tank into compliance with the RCRA Subpart CC regulations.