EPA v. ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE RESOURCES
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Case summary
On February 20, 2018, Region 1 sent an indirect referral to OECA of Region 1's claim in the Reliance Insurance Company Receivership Action in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, for financial assurance closure costs for the Environmental Waste Resources, Inc. (EWR) RCRA Corrective Action Site in Waterbury, Connecticut. EPA's claim is for $60,818, based on the amount of a performance bond to guarantee the proper closure of a Boiler and Industrial Furnace Unit (BIF Unit). EWR operated a RCRA hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility on-site, but it abandoned the Site in 1998 during bankruptcy proceedings and never properly closed the BIF Unit. The closure money would supplement a much larger, funded standby trust fund that the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has in place for closing the other RCRA-regulated units at the Site
Defendants (1)
- Environmental Waste Resources IncNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (6)
ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE RESOURCES INCORPORATED
130 FREIGHT ST, WATERBURY, CT, 06702
Registry ID: 110067536722
ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE RESOURCES INCORPORATED
130 FREIGHT ST, WATERBURY, CT, 06702
Registry ID: 110067536722
ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE RESOURCES INCORPORATED
130 FREIGHT ST, WATERBURY, CT, 06702
Registry ID: 110067536722
ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE RESOURCES INCORPORATED
130 FREIGHT ST, WATERBURY, CT, 06702
Registry ID: 110067536722
ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE RESOURCES INCORPORATED
130 FREIGHT ST, WATERBURY, CT, 06702
Registry ID: 110067536722
ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE RESOURCES INCORPORATED
130 FREIGHT ST, WATERBURY, CT, 06702
Registry ID: 110067536722
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3004VU — TSD Corrective Action
- RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE RESOURCESentered 2021-09-03
Primary law: RCRA
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 2018-02-20Referred To Headquarters
- 2018-03-26Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 2018-04-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2021-09-03Complaint Filed With Court
- 2021-09-03Final Order Lodged
- 2021-09-03Final Order Entered
- 2022-04-07Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601401913
- Case number
- 01-2018-5001
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 01
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- TSD Corrective Action
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 01-2018-5001 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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