MAY 22, 2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT
On August 26, 2021, the EPA and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) conducted a compliance evaluation inspection (CEI) at Respondent?s Facility. At the time of the CEI, EPA observed that the following containers were not marked with an indication of hazards of the contents: one 55-gallon drum of reticulin stain reagent waste, which was identified as a hazardous waste with the EPA Hazardous Waste Number D001 and stored in a SAA in the Pooling Room of Building 700, and one 20-gallon container of hydrochloric acid waste, which was identified as a hazardous waste and stored in a SAA in the Receiving and Finishing area. EPA observed one 20-gallon container of hazardous waste hydrochloric acid in a SAA at the Receiving and Finishing area that was not marked with the words ?Hazardous Waste.? EPA observed that the following containers, which were stored in Respondent?s central accumulation area (CAA), were not marked with the words ?Hazardous Waste? and with an indication of the hazards of the contents: one 8-liter container of corrosive sodium hydroxide solution, which was identified as a hazardous waste; one 30-gallon of polymer/xylene/DCM/ethanol and chloroform, which was identified as a hazardous waste; eight 5-gallon containers of rejected dichloromethane waste (DCM), which were identified as a hazardous waste, three 1-gallon containers of Photo-Flo 600 solution, which were identified as a hazardous waste; and one 10-gall