On April 19, 2022 the Regional Judicial Officer signed a Final Order ratifying a Consent Agreement between EPA and Piramal Critical Care, Inc. which manufactures pharmaceutical grade nitroglycerin and propellants for use in the aerospace and munitions industries at its facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Consent Agreement resolves alleged violations of RCRA C identified during an October 2019 EPA inspection of Piramal facility. An inspector from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection also participated in the inspection. No environmental justice issue are associated with this facility.
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 Piramal Facility chiefly concerned the Facility?s failure to manage a hazardous waste storage tank in accordance with RCRA regulations.
Piramal will pay a $58,031 penalty.