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FAIRFIELD TEXTILES CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 7561

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Case

Case Number
02-2000-7110
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Y
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

GREATER THAN 90-DAY STORAGE; NO TANK INSPECTIONS; INADEQUATE CONTINGENCY PLAN, PERSONNEL TRAINING, DOCUMENTATION; FAILURE TO MAKE WASTE DETERMINATION; FAILURE TO MAKE VO CONC. DETER- MINATION; AND FAILURE TO CONTROL AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS. CCDS - CASE SUMMARY RESPONDENT STORED SPENT PERCHLORETHYLENE CONTAMINATED WASTEWATER AT ITS FACILITY FOR GREATER THAN 90 DAYS WITHOUT HAVING OBTAINED A RCRA PERMIT, INTERIM STATUS OR AN EXTEN- SION TO THE 90-DAY STORAGE PERIOD; FAILED TO CONDUCT DAILY INSPECTIONS OF THE TANK SYSTEMS WHERE IT WAS STORING PERCH- LOROETHYLENE CONTAMINATED WAST; FAILED TO KEEP RECORDS DOCUMENTING INSPECTIONS OF THE TANKS SYSTEMS; FAILED TO DEVELOP A CONTINGENCY PLAN TO ADDRESS RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AT ITS FACILITY; FAILED TO DETERMINE THE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND COTENT OF THE WASTES STORED IN TANKS AT ITS FACILITY, IN VIOLATION OF RCRA. THE SETTLEMENT WILL REQUIRE FAIRFIELD TO UNDERTAKE A NUMBER OF REMEDIA ACTIONS, INCLUDING: CESSATION OF USE OF PERCHLOROETHYLENE AS A DRY CLEANING AGENT; CESSATION OF PURCHASES OF PERCHLORETHYLENE FOR USE IN ITS DRY CLEANING EQUIPMENT; DECONTAMINATION OF ALL EQUIPMENT AT THE FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN CONTAMINATED WITH PERCHLORETHYLENE; TESTING OF ALL WASTES GENERATED THROUGH THE DECONTAMINATION PROCESS AND SHIPMENT OF THE WASTES TO AN APPROPRIATE DISPOSAL FACILITY. *

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