8/11/2020 -CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED. ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $35,500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
RESPONDENT FAILED TO STORE SAA CONTAINERS NEAR THE POINT OF GENERATION AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE OPERATOR. THE EPA THEREFORE ALLEGES RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 403.722 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES, FLA. STAT. 403.722 [SECTION 3005 OF RCRA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6925] BY STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS, BECAUSE RESPONDENT FAILED TO KEEP ITS CONTAINER OF NON-ACUTE HAZARDOUS WASTE AT OR NEAR THE POINT OF GENERATION AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE OPERATOR OF THE PROCESS GENERATING THE WASTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLA. ADMIN. CODE ANN. R. 62-730.160( I) [40 C.F.R. SECTION 262. L 5(A)], WHICH IS A CONDITION OF THE SAA PERMIT EXEMPTION.
RESPONDENT FAILED TO CLOSE SAA CONTAINERS. RESPONDENT FAILED TO KEEP ITS CONTAINERS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE CLOSED AT ALL TIMES DURING ACCUMULATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLA. ADMIN. CODE ANN. R. 62-730.160(1) [40 CFR SECTION 262.15(A)(4)]. RESPONDENT FAILED TO LABEL SAA CONTAINERS. RESPONDENT STORED A HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINER IN HWSA#2 FOR GREAT THAN 90 DAYS WITH A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS. 67.
RESPONDENT STORED A HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINER IN HWSA#2 FOR GREATER THAN 90 DAYS WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS. RESPONDENT FAILED TO MEET A CONDITION OF THE LQG PERMIT EXEMPTION BY NOT COMPLYING WITH THE STORAGE TIME LIMITS IN VIOLATION OF FLA. ADMIN. CODE ANN. R. 62-730.1