JANUARY 20, 2021 - CAFO FILED - On December 2-4, 2015, inspectors with the EPA and with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) conducted a compliance evaluation inspection (CEI) at the Facility. The EPA's findings of the CEI were documented in a Report mailed to Respondents , dated May 25, 2016.On April 19, 2017, inspectors with SCDHEC conducted a CEI at the Facility. The findings of the CBI were documented in a Report mailed to Respondent GRR, dated May 31, 2017.
In a letter dated January 8, 2018, SCDHEC referred the violations noted during the April 19, 2017 CBI to the BPA for enforcement.
During the December 2-4, 2015 RCRA CEI, the EPA and SCDHEC inspectors (the inspectors) observed multiple items and containers of inherently waste-like material being stored in the location at the facility known as the sample shed; facility personnel informed the inspectors that some of these items and containers had been stored by Respondent GRR at the sample shed for a period of at least
one-year. The EPA therefore alleges Respondent GRR violated S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 61-79.262.11 [40 C.F.R. ?
262.11 (2016)] by failing to make a hazardous waste determination on the materials in the items and containers located in the sample shed. During the December 2-4, 2015 RCRA CEI, in the Permitted Container Storage Area SA-6 the inspectors observed one pallet holding two 85-gallon containers of hazardous waste and one 55-gallon container of hazardous waste, s