# ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE REMOVAL INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `58`
- **Case Number:** 01-1982-0030
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $25K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE REMOVAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE REMOVAL ( EWR ) OF WATERBURY, CT,      OPERATES ONE OF NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST HAZARDOUS WASTE TREAT- MENT, STORAGE & DISPOSAL FACILITIES.  EWR IS LOCATED IN AN   URBAN AREA, IN CLOSE PROXIMITYTO MANY PUBLIC BUILDINGS,      INCLUDING SCHOOLS & HOSPITALS.  THE 2 MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF     THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS ARE THE HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE   DRUMS & THE TREATMENT OF AQUEOUS IND. WASTES.  EWR           RECEIVES AN AVG OF 10,000 GALS OF WASTE/DAY & OPERATES A     WASTE OIL SEPARATION PROCESS & A 1000 GAL SOLVENT STILL.     EWR HAS MET THE RCRA REQUIREMENT FOR OBTAINING INTERIM       STATUS & THEREFORE MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF 40 CFR PART  265.  3 INSPECTIONS OF EWR'S FACILITY OVER THE LAST YEAR BY  EPA HAVE REVEALED NUMEROUS & REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF THESE    REQUIREMENTS.  SECTION 3008 OF RCRA AUTHORIZES THE COMMENCE- MENT OF A CIVIL ACTION IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THESE   VIOLATIONS.  SERIOUS POTENTIAL THREATS EXIST TO THE SUR-     ROUNDING COMMUNITY BY THE COMPANY'S LACK OF ADEQUATE FIRE-   FIGHTING EQUIPMENT IN THE LARGE BARREL STORAGE AREA & BY THE CONDITION OF THE HAZARDOUS WASTE SLUDGE PILE.  A RECENT IN-  SPECTION BY THE CT. FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE OF THE BARREL     STORAGE WAREHOUSE REVEALED 20 VIOLATIONS OF STATE FIRE       CODES; THESE VIOLATIONS ARE PARTICULARLY SERIOUS BECAUSE THE BUILDING CONTAINS MANY FLAMMABLE MATERIALS.  LOCAL INTEREST  IN THIS CASE HAS BEEN INTENSE, PRIMARILY BECAUSE EWR HAS     BEEN SEEKING LOCAL APPROVAL TO SEND TH

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