EPA v. PIRAMAL CRITCAL CARE
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On April 19, 2022 the Regional Judicial Officer signed a Final Order ratifying a Consent Agreement between EPA and Piramal Critical Care, Inc. which manufactures pharmaceutical grade nitroglycerin and propellants for use in the aerospace and munitions industries at its facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Consent Agreement resolves alleged violations of RCRA C identified during an October 2019 EPA inspection of Piramal facility. An inspector from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection also participated in the inspection. No environmental justice issue are associated with this facility. The hazardous waste management regulations promulgated pursuant to RCRA Subtitle C provide for the management and transport of hazardous waste from the time and place of generation to its ultimate disposition at a RCRA treatment, storage or disposal facility. EPA routinely inspects hazardous waste generators for compliance with RCRA regulations in accordance with joint enforcement goals agreed upon by EPA and states authorized to implement RCRA C. The alleged RCRA C violations at the Piramal Facility chiefly concerned the Facility?s failure to manage a hazardous waste storage tank in accordance with RCRA regulations. Piramal will pay a $58,031 penalty.
Defendants (1)
- PIRAMAL CRITCAL CARENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (4)
PIRAMAL CRITICAL CARE INC/HANOVER TWP
3950 SCHELDEN CIRCLE, BETHLEHEM, PA, 18017
Registry ID: 110000334718
PIRAMAL CRITCAL CARE
3950 SCHELDEN CIRCLE, BETHLEHEM, PA, 18017-8936
Registry ID: 110000334718
PIRAMAL CRITCAL CARE
3950 SCHELDEN CIRCLE, BETHLEHEM, PA, 18017-8936
Registry ID: 110000334718
PIRAMAL CRITICAL CARE INC/HANOVER TWP
3950 SCHELDEN CIRCLE, BETHLEHEM, PA, 18017
Registry ID: 110000334718
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PIRAMAL CRITCAL CAREentered 2022-04-19
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $58,031
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2022-04-19Final Order Issued
- 2022-04-19Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2022-04-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2022-05-13Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3603092156
- Case number
- 03-2022-0053
- 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 03-2022-0053 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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