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PHILIP RECLAMATION SERVICES, A TEXAS CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 39534

$66K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1999-0870
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 OF 1976 ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928(A), AS A- MENDED BY THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE AMENDMENTS OF 1984 (HSWA). 2. PHILIP SERVICES CORPORATION, A TEXAS CORPORATION 4050 HOMESTEAD ROAD HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77028 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE C OF RCRA BY: 1) FAILURE TO PLACE THE DATE EACH PERIOD OF ACCUMULATION BE- GINS ON CONTAINERS STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE; 2) FAILURE TO MANAGE CONTAINERS STORING IGNITABLE WASTE AT LEAST 50' FROM THE PROPERTY LINE; 3) FAILURE TO MANAGE CONTAINERS STORING INCOMPATIBLE WASTE SEPARATED BY A PROTECTIVE DE- VICE; AND 4) FAILING TO BEGIN OPERATION OF CONTROL EQUIP- MENT BY THE DEADLINE REQUIRED. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $283,910 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED. EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT A COMPLIANCE ORDER TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS.

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