EPA v. Jetomi Cleaners, Inc. d/b/a Queens Bridge Cleaners aka Bridge Cleaners

Case summary

The facility is an industrial dry cleaning establishment that operates three dry cleaning plants which utilize Perchloroethylene (Perc) as the cleaning solvent. During a RCRA compliance evaluation inspection of the facility on April 27, 2006, it was observed that most regulations pertaining to the storage of hazardous waste and to preparedness and prevention as a small quantity generator were violated. In addition, the facility violated several manifest requirements, including the utilization of Bills of Lading rather than hazardous waste manifests to ship hazardous waste off-site; regulations violated are fundamental cradle-to-grave shipping requirements. Also, in response to questions contained in a 3007 Information Request Letter regarding the low quantities of hazardous waste manifested compared to an estimate by RCB of quantities of hazardous waste typically generated by three-plant industrial dry cleaners, the Respondent admitted to disposing of hazardous waste Perc separator water by depositing this hazardous waste into the municipal sewer system. Complaint was returned to the EPA due to the Respondent having ceased operations. The site is presently abandoned and may become a NYSDEC Superfund site due to a plume of Perchlorethylene and daughter compounds beneath the site, possibly contributed to by the other Respondent listed.

Defendants (2)

• Jetomi Cleaners Inc dba Queens Bridge Cl'ners (SB)Named in complaint
• Bridge Cleaners (SB)

Facilities (1)

• QUEENS BORO CLEANERS

  39-26 30TH STREET, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY, 11101-2806

  Registry ID: 110012159984

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2007-03-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2007-04-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2012-11-16Enforcement Action Closed