SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 - CONSENT AGREEMENT
On February 28, 2020, the Respondent notified the NCDEQ of its status as a generator of 1,000 kilograms or more of hazardous wastes in a calendar month and is therefore classified as a Large Quantity Generator (LQG) of hazardous waste. Room 209 in the WMF. The floor of Room 209 in the WMF is not designated as a container storage area in the RCRA Permit.
The EPA inspector observed used oil spilled within a secondary containment bin in Room 820 of Dabney Hall.
On July 11 - 12, 2023, the EPA and the NCDEQ conducted a RCRA compliance evaluation inspection (CEI) at the Respondent?s Facility. The EPA?s findings from the CEI were documented in a report transmitted to the Respondent via email on September 28, 2023.
The EPA inspector observed one 2.5-foot by 2-foot container of lead (EPA Hazardous Waste Number D008) and chloroform (EPA Hazardous Waste Number D022) in the WMF, Cell 214-O, that was not marked with an indication of hazards of the contents.
The EPA inspector observed one 4-liter container of unwanted material in Dabney Hall, Room 734 that was not marked with the words ?unwanted material.?
The EPA inspector observed that the following containers of unwanted material were not affixed with an accumulation start date, did not contain sufficient information to allow a trained professional to properly identify that the unwanted material containers were a solid and hazardous waste, and were not marked with proper hazardous