1/22/2021 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER FILED: On June 11, 2019, the EPA and the FDEP conducted a RCRA compliance evaluation inspection (CEI) at Respondent's facility. The EPA's findings from the CEI were documented in a report mailed to Respondent, dated October 21, 2019. Respondent failed to conduct a hazardous waste determination on a 5-gallon container of spent AmeriClear, bottles of waste methylene blue and methanol liquid and a red 7-gallon container of Reusable Sharps Container - Regulated Medical Waste UN3291 of pharmaceutical waste. Respondent failed to keep two containers of hazardous waste located in the Central Waste Storage area closed. The EPA therefore alleges that Respondent violated Section 403.722 of the Florida Statutes, Fla. Stat.? 403.722 (Section 3005 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. ? 6925] by storing hazardous waste without a permit or interim status, because Respondent failed to keep its containers of hazardous waste closed in accordance with Fla. Admin. Code Ann. r. 62- 730.160(1) [40 C.F.R. ? 262. l 7(a)( I
)(iv)], which is a condition of the LQG Permit Exemption. Respondent failed to perform weekly inspections of Building 928 90-day hazardous waste storage areas. Respondent's Secured Hazmat Storage Building was located within 15 meters (50 feet) from
the Facility's property line. The EPA therefore alleges that Respondent violated Section 403.722 of the Florida Statutes, Fla. Stat.? 403.722 [Section 3005 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. ? 6925] by storing ha