FEBRUARY 27, 2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT
On February 24, 2022, Respondent notified the NC DEQ of its status as a LQG and treatment and storage facility of hazardous waste.
On July 20 & 22, 2022 the EPA and the NC DEQ conducted a Compliance Evaluation Inspection (CEI) at the Facility. The EPA's findings of the CEI were documented in a report electronically mailed to Respondent, dated August 18, 2022.
At the time of the CEI, the EPA inspector observed that the Respondent was storing hazardous waste in one 55-gallon container within Bay 3 and one 55-gallon container in its Intrinsically Safe Room, both of which are within its permitted facility, which were not dated with an accumulation start date.
At the time of the CEI, the EPA determined during a review of the facility's hazardous wastes manifests dated up to July 22, 2022, that numerous shipments of incoming hazardous waste from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were not being signed upon receipt by the Respondent.
At the time of the CEI, the EPA observed that the Respondent was accumulating four Universal Waste batteries which were not labeled with universal waste language in Bay 9 of its permitted facility.
Respondent failed to mark two containers of hazardous waste within its facility with accumulation start dates. The EPA therefore alleges Respondent violated Part VI (Land Disposal Restrictions), Section A (General Restrictions) of the RCRA Permit. This part of the RCRA Permit requires that t