On December 17, 2020, Region 10 settled with Alaska Regional Hospital of Anchorage, Alaska, for
violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The implementing regulations of
RCRA require generators of solid waste to determine if the waste is hazardous, and requires that
generators of hazardous waste manage the hazardous waste in compliance with the RCRA requirements
in order to protect human health and the environment. EPA alleges that Alaska Regional Hospital
failed to determine that 10 containers of solid waste were listed hazardous waste, stored hazardous
waste without a storage permit, failed to submit the required Biennial Report, failed to properly manage
non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, and failed to properly manage universal waste. Alaska
Regional Hospital will pay a penalty of $32,429.