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KELCO D/B/A MONSANTO LIFE SCIENCES COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORP.

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 38804

$6K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$40K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1999-0129
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 3008 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928. 2. KELCO D/B/A/ MONSANTO LIFE SCIENCES COMPANY, A DE. CORP. 1200 WEST 20TH OKMULGEE, OKMULGEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74447 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 3005(A) OF RCRA BY 1) FAILURE TO MEET EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERATORS BY STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $7,480 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED AND ISSUED THE RESPONDENT A COMPLIANCE ORDER. THE ORDER REQUIRED THE RESPONDENT TO: 1) IMMEDIATELY BEGIN STORING CONTAINERS IN A MANNER IN WHICH THE LABELS AND ACCUMULATION DATES ARE PLACED ON THE CONTAINERS AND SUCH LABELS ARE VISIBLE FOR INSPECTION, 2) IMMEDIATELY BEGIN PERFORMING AND DOCUMENTING WEEKLY INSPECTIONS OF CONTAIN- ER STORAGE AREAS, 3) IMMEDIATELY LABEL THE DRUMS OF HAZ. ARDOUS WASTE IN THE LESS THAN 90-DAY STORAGE AREA WITH THE WORDS HAZARDOUS WASTE ), AND 4) IF ACTION 1 THRU 3 ARE NOT TAKEN BY THE FACILITY, THEN THE FACILITY SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE STORAGE OF ALL HAZ. WASTE UNTIL A PART A PERMIT HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR AND OBTAINED.

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