EPA v. DIAL CORPORATION

Case summary

On December 20, 2017, Region III filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) for violations of Pennsylvania=s Hazardous Waste Management Regulations, which Pennsylvania administers in lieu of the federal hazardous waste management program established by RCRA Subtitle C. Dial Corporation manufactures antibacterial soap and laundry detergent at its facility in West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and as a generator of hazardous waste, it is required to comply with the federally authorized Pennsylvania Hazardous Waste Management Regulations, which are designed to protect human health and the environment by requiring the safe management of hazardous waste. As the result of a Compliance Evaluation Inspection and subsequent communications, EPA discovered that Dial Corporation had been operating a hazardous waste treatment, storage and/or disposal facility without a permit or interim status, and had failed to: keep hazardous waste containers closed, submit copies of the contingency plan to local authorities, file biennial reports, store universal waste lamps in closed structurally sound containers, label universal waste lamp containers and identify the accumulation start date for universal waste batteries. Under the CAFO, Dial Corporation has agreed to fully comply with hazardous waste management requirements and pay a civil penalty of $44,598.00 PADEP was notified of this action and not object

Defendants (1)

• DIAL CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• DIAL CORP

  125 JAYCEE DRIVE, WEST HAZLETON, PA, 18202-1145

  Registry ID: 110000335263

• HENKEL US OPERATIONS CORPORATION

  125 JAYCEE DRIVE, WEST HAZLETON, PA, 18202

  Registry ID: 110000335263

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• DIAL CORPORATIONentered 2017-12-20

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $44,598

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2017-12-20Final Order Issued
• 2017-12-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2017-12-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2017-12-29Enforcement Action Closed