EPA v. INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
Case summary
INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PR - ARECIBO 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 AND TRAINING WAS OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES. DIS- CLOSURE WAS EVALUATED, AND AN NOD WAS ISSUED. * 05/19/2000 - DATE OF DISCLOSURE (AUDIT POLICY) * 12/04/2001 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED. * NOTE - DOCKET CASE NUMBER IS DIFFERENT THAN THE INDEX NUMBER BECAUSE OF A MIX-UP IN PR. THE DOCKET NUMBER REMAINS THE SAME AND THE INDEX NUMBER IS RCRA -02-2000-0545 ALSO NOTE CASE REMAINS ACTIVE BECAUSE THE RESULT IS PARTIAL* *
Defendants (1)
- INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PRNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
ARECIBO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
BO SAN DANIEL SECTOR CANELAS, ARECIBO, PR, 00612
Registry ID: 110007810422
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICOentered 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
- 7282
- Case number
- 02-2000-0549
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- RCR
- Branch
- WTS
- EPA region
- 02
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2000-0549 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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