EPA v. MOUNT JOY WIRE CORPORATION

Case summary

On February 27, 2018, Region III entered into a Consent Agreement with, and issued a Final Order to Mount Joy Wire Corporation, settling violations of RCRA Subtitle C that EPA inspectors observed during an inspection of the company's facility in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania ( Facility ). The settlement will ensure that, in the future, the company will properly contain and manage hazardous waste at the Facility, and ship it offsite in a timely manner. The Facility manufactures carbon steel wire products at the Facility, and its customers include the automotive, off-road, construction, agricultural, fiber optic, aerospace, and electronic industries. Because the manufacturing process generates a variety of hazardous wastes, the Facility is required to comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the federally-authorized Pennsylvania Hazardous Waste Regulations. RCRA is designed to protect human health and the environment by providing for the safe management of such hazardous wastes. During the inspection, and through subsequent communications, the EPA Inspector observed that at the Facility the company: (1) operated a hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility without a permit or interim status; (2) failed to make a hazardous waste determination on used aerosol cans; (3) failed to send hazardous waste, in the form of used aerosol cans, offsite using a hazardous waste manifest; (4) failed to provide annual hazardous waste training to employees responsible for the management of hazardous waste; (5) failed to maintain job titles and descriptions for employees responsible for hazardous waste management; (6) failed to maintain signed manifests or file exception reports; (7) failed to properly label or mark clearly universal waste lamps with one of the required phrases; (8) failed to keep universal waste lamps in closed containers; (9) failed to demonstrate length of time that universal waste lamps had been accumulated; (10) and accumulated universal waste lamps for longer than one year. The Company has agreed to pay a penalty of $105,000 to settle the enforcement action. The Consent Agreement and Final Order initiate and resolve this enforcement action. During the inspection of the Facility, EPA was accompanied by inspectors from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ( PADEP ). EPA informed PADEP of the action by letter on April 5, 2017, and received no objection.

Defendants (1)

• MOUNT JOY WIRE CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (4)

• MOUNT JOY WIRE CORPORATION

  1000 EAST MAIN STREET, MOUNT JOY, PA, 17552-9332

  Registry ID: 110000333915

• MOUNT JOY WIRE CORPORATION

  1000 EAST MAIN STREET, MOUNT JOY, PA, 17552-9332

  Registry ID: 110000333915

• MT JOY WIRE CORP/MT JOY

  1000 E MAIN ST, MOUNT JOY, PA, 17552-9332

  Registry ID: 110000333915

• MT JOY WIRE CORP/MT JOY

  1000 E MAIN ST, MOUNT JOY, PA, 17552-9332

  Registry ID: 110000333915

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MOUNT JOY WIRE CORPORATIONentered 2018-02-27

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $105,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2018-02-27Final Order Issued
• 2018-02-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2018-02-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2018-08-24Enforcement Action Closed