EPA v. QUALITY CARRIERS, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
QUALITY CARRIERS IS A GENERATOR OF WSTE AT THE WILLAIM DICK LAGOONS SITE. THE WASTE WAS IDENTIFIED AS SOIL CONTAMINATED WITH LATEX AND SPEN ORGANIC SOLVENTS, EPA WASTE CODES D008, D009, D040 AND F001-F005. ON APRIL 13 AND 15, QULAITY CARRIERS ARRANGED FOR THE EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WAST TO CANADA WITHOUT ATTACHING A VALID ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF CONSENT CONFIRMING THAT CANADA HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE SHIPMENTS AND CONSENTED TO THEM. THEREFORE, QUALITY CARRIERS VIOLATED 40 C.F.R SUBSECTION 262.54(H). ADDITIONALLY, QUALITY CARRIER'S ANNUAL REPORT OF THEIR EXPORT SHIPMENTS FOR THE 2005 CALENDAR YAR FAILED TO ACCOUNT FOR 26 SHIPMENTS, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. SUBSECTION 262.5(a)
Defendants (1)
- QUALITY CARRIERS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WILLIAM DICK LAGOONS SITE
S.E. OF INTERSECTION OF 1534 TELEGRAPH RD &, HONEY BROOK, PA, 19344
Registry ID: 110010622219
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
QUALITY CARRIERS, INC.entered 2008-03-06
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $14,400
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2008-03-06Final Order Issued
- 2008-03-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2008-03-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600085045
- Case number
- 03-2008-0017
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 03
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-2008-0017 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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