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BRK ELECTRONICS INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 37922

$12K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1998-0226
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 3008(A) OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928, AS AMENDED BY THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE AMENDMENTS OF 1084. 2. BRK ELECTRONICS INC., A MEXICO CORPORATION 25 SPUR LANE EL PASO, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS 79906 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE C OF RCRA BY 1) FAILING TO PROVIDE WASTE ANALYSIS AND RECORD KEEPING OF LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTION (LDR) WITH RESTRICTED WASTE SHIPMENTS, 2) FAILING TO RETAIN COPIES OF DOCUMENTS ON- SITE FOR 5 YEARS, AND 3) FAILING TO IDENTIFY THE CORRECT FOREIGN GENERATOR NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE MANIFEST. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $12,000 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED. EPA ALSO ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRING THE RESPONDENT TO: 1) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDER, SUBMIT A REPORT CERTIFYING THAT A ONE-TIME LDR NOTIFICATION HAS ACCOMPANIED THE FIRST SHIPMENT WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY EACH TSD FACILITY USED BY THE RESPONDENT FOR THE TIME PERIOD BEGINNING IN 1995 UNTIL THE DATE OF THE CERTIFICATION REPORT AND THAT RESPONDENT HAS PLACED THIS NOTIFCATION IN ITS FILES, 2) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ORDER, SUBMIT A REPORT CERTIFYING THAT IT HAS DRAFTED PROCEDURES PROVIDING FOR THE RETENTION ON-SITE OF COPIES OF LDRS AND MANIFESTS FOR 3 YEARS, FOR WASTE

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