EPA v. ROGERS CORPORATION (ROGERS CORPORATION - BEAR)

Case summary

On March 03, 2025, EPA Region III filed an Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order, simultaneously commencing and concluding an administrative action proceeding against Rogers Corporation Bear ( Rogers Corp. ) located at 1100 Governor Lea Road, Bear, Delaware 19701 ( Facility ) for violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( RCRA ) and the authorized State of Delaware Hazardous Waste Management Program, discovered during EPA's compliance evaluation inspection of the Facility on May 15 - 16, 2024. 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. Rogers Corp. manufactures silicon products including copper-clad laminates, calendared products, and extruded silicon tape. Hazardous waste is generated through its manufacturing activities. The violations in the settlement include failure to place a satellite accumulation area at the point of generation, having open containers of hazardous waste when not adding/removing waste, failure to label hazardous waste containers with the words hazardous waste , failure to properly label universal waste lamps, storage of universal waste greater than a year, failure to maintain weekly inspection logs of the hazardous waste accumulation area, failure to provide annual refresher training, failure to have the required content in the contingency plan, and failure to make a hazardous waste determination. Region 3 notified DNREC, which had no objections to this action. Per the terms of the Expediated Settlement Agreement, Rogers Corp. will pay a civil penalty in the amount of $11,250.00.

Defendants (1)

• ROGERS CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• ROGERS CORPORATION - BEAR

  1100 GOVERNOR LEA RD., BEAR, DE, 19701

  Registry ID: 110000338484

• ROGERS CORPORATION - BEAR

  1100 GOVERNOR LEA ROAD, BEAR, DE, 19701

  Registry ID: 110000338484

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ROGERS CORPORATION (ROGERS CORPORATION - BEAR)entered 2025-03-03

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $11,250

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2025-03-03Final Order Issued
• 2025-03-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2025-03-28Enforcement Action Closed
• 2025-04-08Enforcement Action Data Entered