# AERC ACQUISITION CORPORATION D/B/A AERC RECYCLING SOLUTIONS, A CLEAN EARTH CO.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2021 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3602470206`
- **Case Number:** 03-2021-0064
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- AERC ACQUISITION CORP D/B/A AERC RECYCLING SOLUTIO (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On March 31, 2021, Region III entered into a Consent Agreement with, and issued a Final Order to, AERC Acquisition Corporation dba AERC Recycling Solutions, A Clean Earth Company, settling violations of RCRA Subtitle C that EPA inspectors observed during an inspection of the company's facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania (Facility). The settlement will ensure that, in the future, the company will properly manage hazardous waste at the Facility. At the Facility, the company collects and processes electronic waste, and is a large quantity generator of hazardous waste.  The Facility is required to comply with RCRA and the federally-authorized Pennsylvania Hazardous Waste Management Regulations. RCRA is designed to protect human health and the environment by providing for the safe management of such hazardous wastes.  

EPA inspectors observed that the Company failed to comply with the following requirements of its RCRA Permit: (1) failed to implement the Preparedness, Prevention and Contingency Plan, (2) failed to maintain an accurate waste inventory and tracking system, (3) failed to mark containers of incoming waste with date of arrival at the facility, (4) failed to keep containers closed, and failed to transfer waste from container in poor condition to container in good Condition, (5) failed to submit quarterly drawings of facility floor plan to PADEP, (6) failed to comply with waste placement requirements, and (7) failed to comply with container stacking height, width and 

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