EPA v. INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PR - METROPOLITAN CAMPUS
Case summary
INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PR - METROPOLITAN CAMPUS SUBMITTED DISCLOSURE OF RCRA VIOLATIONS TO EPA AS FOLLOWS: FAILURE TO MAKE A HAZARDOUS WASTE DETERMINATION AND FAILURE TO DISPOSE OF /TREAT HAZARDOUS WASTE. ACTIONS IMPLEMENTED BY THE FACILITY ARE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: A DISPOSAL FACILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE WAS CONTRACTED, AND AUDITING CONTROL WAS ESTABLISHED & TRAINING WAS OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES. DISCLOSURE WAS EVALUATED, AND AN NOD WAS ISSUED ON DEC. 4, 2001. * NOTE DOCKET CASE NUMBER IS DIFFERENT THAN THE INDEX NUMBER BECAUSE OF A MIX-UP IN PR. THE DOCKET NUMBER REMAINS THE SAME. THE INDEX NUMBER IS RCRA-02-2000-0548. * THIS IS A PARTIAL SETTLEMENT - CASE REMAINS ACTIVE. *
Defendants (1)
- INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PRNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
INTERAMERICAN UNIVERSITY
ST RD 1, RIO PIEDRAS, PR, 00926
Registry ID: 110007810324
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PR - METROPOLITAN CAMentered 2001-12-04
Primary law: RCRA
Timeline (2 milestones)
- 2000-10-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2001-12-04Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 7280
- Case number
- 02-2000-0547
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- RCR
- Branch
- CT
- EPA region
- 02
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- Yes
- Primary statute
- Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2000-0547 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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