EPA v. ABBOTT PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$10,000
Case summary
1) FAILURE TO DETERMINE WHETHER WASTE GENERATED WAS REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE; 2) FAILURE TO PREPARE TRACKING FORMS; 3) FAILURE TO USE TRANSPORTER WHO NOTIFIED EPA. ********************** FACILITY ADDRESS: ROAD #2 BARCELONETA, PR 00617 ********************** OWNERSHIP: PRIVATE
Defendants (1)
- ABBOTT PHARMACEUTICALSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
ABBOTT CHEMICALS INC
RD 2 KM 58.0, BARCELONETA, PR, 00617
Registry ID: 110007806188
Statutes cited
- MWTA 259E — Medical Waste Tracking Act
- MWTA 259H — Medical Waste Tracking Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ABBOTT PHARMACEUTICALS INCentered 1991-10-08
Primary law: MWTA
Federal penalty: $10,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1991-03-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1991-04-11Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1991-10-08Enforcement Action Closed
- 1991-10-08Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 4128
- Case number
- 02-1991-0136
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- RCR
- Branch
- AWTS
- EPA region
- 02
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Medical Waste Tracking Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-1991-0136 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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