EPA v. HERITAGE TRAINING & SHOOTING CENTER, LLC (HERITAGE TRAINING & SHOOTING CENTER)

Case summary

On January 6, 2023 EPA Region III filed an Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order, simultaneously commencing and concluding an administrative action proceeding against Heritage Training and Shooting Center ( Heritage Training ) located at 4537 Metropolitan Court, Frederick, MD ( Facility ) for alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( RCRA ) and the authorized Maryland Hazardous Waste Management Regulations ( MdHWMR ) discovered during EPA's compliance evaluation inspection of the Facility on February 10, 2022 . RCRA gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the cradle-to-grave. This includes the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste. To that end, EPA develops regulations, guidance and policies that ensure the safe management and cleanup of solid and hazardous waste, and programs that encourage source reduction and beneficial reuse. Heritage Training operates a firearms training range and offers firearm cleaning and retail services. Hazardous waste is generated through the operations related to the management of the firearms range and through the cleaning of firearms. The violations in the settlement include operation without a hazardous waste permit, having an open container of hazardous waste open when not adding or removing waste, failure to label a container with hazardous waste, failure to maintain aisle space in a hazardous waste accumulation area (?HWAA?), failure to conduct weekly inspections of the HWAA, a failure to maintain three years of HWAA inspections, and failure to have an adequate hazardous waste management training program. Region 3 notified MDE, which had no objections to this action. Per the terms of the Expediated Settlement Agreement, Heritage Training will pay a civil penalty in the amount of $6,250.00. Primary Contact: Jeremy Dearden.

Defendants (1)

• HERITAGE TRAINING & SHOOTING CENTER, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• HERITAGE TRAINING & SHOOTING CENTER

  4537 METROPOLITAN CT, FREDERICK, MD, 21704

  Registry ID: 110067416736

• HERITAGE TRAINING AND SHOOTING CENTER, LLC

  4537 METROPOLITAN CT, FREDERICK, MD, 21704

  Registry ID: 110067416736

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HERITAGE TRAINING & SHOOTING CENTER, LLC (HERITAGE TRAINING & SHOOTING CENTER)entered 2023-01-06

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $6,250

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2023-01-06Final Order Issued
• 2023-01-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2023-01-09Enforcement Action Closed
• 2023-02-09Enforcement Action Data Entered