On February 7, 2022 the Regional Judicial Officer signed a Final Order ratifying a Consent Agreement between EPA and GVD Coatings, which operates metal powder coating process in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The Consent Agreement resolves alleged violations of RCRA C identified during an August 2018 EPA inspection of GVD facility in which an inspector from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection also participated.
The hazardous waste management regulations promulgated pursuant to RCRA Subtitle C provide for the management and transport of hazardous waste from the time and place of generation to its ultimate disposition at a RCRA treatment, storage or disposal facility. EPA routinely inspects hazardous waste generators for compliance with RCRA regulations in accordance with joint enforcement goals agreed upon by EPA and states authorized to implement RCRA C. The alleged RCRA C violations at the GVD Facility chiefly concerned the Facility?s failure to carry out the basic generator requirements under RCRA regulations. There were no environmental justice concerns associated with this action.
In addition to the payment of a $40,000 penalty, the CAFO contains a Compliance Order which will require GVD to certify its compliance with RCRA C two months after the entry of the CAFO.