# NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `55393`
- **Case Number:** 10-1997-0094
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $24K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DURING AN INSPECTION IN AUGUST 1996, EPA DETERMINED THAT THE NORTH SLOPE                                                  BOROUGH (NSB) WAS STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE AT ITS SOLID WASTE LANDFILL IN                                                  BARROW WITHOUT A PERMIT AND IN VIOLATION OF RCRA STORAGE     REQUIREMENTS.                                                EPA HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN PRE-FILING NEGOTIATIONS WITH NSB ON  A CONSENT                                                    ORDER THAT WILL ADDRESS THE VIOLATIONS AND WILL ASSESS A     PENALTY.  IN                                                 THE CONTEXT OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, THE NSB HAS ASSERTED THAT IT SELF                                                      DISCLOSED THE VIOLATIONS TO EPA AND IS ENTITLED TO PENALTY   RELIEF UNDER                                                 THE SELF DISCLOSURE POLICY.  EPA HAS REQUESTED MORE          INFORMATION AND IS                                           STILL EVALUATING THE CLAIM, BUT IT APPEARS THE NSB DOES NOT  QUALIFY FOR                                                  RELIEF BECAUSE ALL NSG DISCLOSURES OCCURRED AFTER THE NSB    RECEIVED A                                                   WARNING LETTER FROM THE STATE OF ALASKA DATED 6/21/95, WHICH INDICATED                                                    THAT THE NSB WAS ILLEGALLY STORING RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE AT   ITS BARROW                                                   LANDFILL.                           

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