1. SECTION 3008(A) OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6901 ET SEQ. 2. SOLV-EX CORPORATION 2121 MENUAL BLVD. ALBUQUERQUE, BERNALILLO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87102 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE C OF RCRA BY 1) STORING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS, AND 2) FAILING TO MAKE A WASTE DETERMINATION OF THE DRUMMED MATERIAL LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST STORAGE YARD. 3. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRING THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE ORDER, 1) CERTIFY THAT A WASTE DE- TERMINATION WAS MADE OF THE DRUMMED MATERIAL IN STORAGE AND PROPERLY DISPOSED OF AND 2) INFORM EPA AND NMED OF ITS CURRENT HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT STATUS WITH A RE- PORT AND A RCRA GENERATOR NOTIFICATION FORM; CERTIFY ALL WASTES GENERATED AND/OR STORED FOR LES THAN 90 DAYS WILL BE PROPERLY CHARACTERIZED; AND WITHIN 45 DAYS OF ISSUANCE OF THE COMPLAINT, SUBMIT TO EPA DOCUMENTATION OF HAZARD- OUS WASTE DETERMINATION AND WASTE DISPOSAL. EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $60,237.