EPA v. AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS

Case summary

On October 10, 2019 the Regional Judicial Officer signed a Final Order ratifying a Consent Agreement between EPA and Axalta Coatings Systems (Axalta), located in Front Royal, Virginia. The Consent Agreement resolves alleged violations of RCRA C identified during a May 2018 EPA inspection of the Axalta facility. The RCRA C regulatory program creates a management regimen for hazardous waste designed to prevent the release of hazardous waste to the soil, water and air. RCRA C regulations track hazardous waste from the point of generation to the point of treatment and/or disposal. The EPA RCRA C inspection of the Alata Facility found violations of the RCRA C regulations, primarily concerning a hazardous waste storage tank that was not being managed by the facility in accordance with the RCRA C regulations. These violations resulted in the release of hazardous waste VOCs to the environment. Axalta Coating Systems will pay a $140,000 penalty and complete the tasks sets forth in a Compliance Order requiring the installation of secondary containment around the previously unmanaged hazardous waste tank and installation of controls to bring this tank into compliance with the RCRA Subpart CC regulations.

Defendants (1)

• AXALTA COATING SYSTEMSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS

  7961 WINCHESTER ROAD, FRONT ROYAL, VA, 22630-6901

  Registry ID: 110064545684

• AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS USA LLC

  7961 WINCHESTER RD, FRONT ROYAL, VA, 22630

  Registry ID: 110000341149

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• AXALTA COATING SYSTEMSentered 2019-10-10

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $140,000

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2019-10-10Final Order Issued
• 2019-10-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2019-10-11Enforcement Action Data Entered