1. SECTION 3008(A) OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6901 ET SEQ., AS AMENDED. 2. NATIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 650 HAINES AVENUE N.W. ALBUQUERQUE, BERNALILLO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87102 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE C OF RCRA BY 1) STORING OF A HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS, 2) STORING OF A HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT THE AC- CUMULATION START DATE, 3) FAILING TO KEEP A CONTAINER OF HAZARDOUS WASTE CLOSED, 4) FAILING TO HAVE THE COMMUNI- CATION EQUIPMENT, AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND ADEQUATE AISLE SPACE IN THE HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE AREA, AND FAILING TO ADEQUATELY CHARACTERIZE A WASTE AS A HAZARDOUS WASTE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER AND A PROPOSED PENALTY OF $30,000. THE COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT TO NOT LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE COMPLAINT: A) CERTIFY THAT ACCUMULATION START DATE IS CLEARLY MARKED ON ALL DRUMS USED TO STORE HAZARDOUS WASTE, B) CERTIFY THAT IT HAS PROVIDED COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, FIRE EXTINGUISH- ERS, AND ADEQUATE AISLE SPACE IN THE HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE AREA, C) CERTIFY THAT ALL WASTES GENERATED AND/OR STORED LESS THAN 90 OR 180 DAYS WILL BE PROPERLY CHARAC- TERIZED AS HAZARDOUS OR NOT, AND