EPA v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIME LABORATORY SERVICES

Case summary

5/13/2008 - CONSENT AGREEENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,607. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES; ON MARCH 1, 2007, AND MARCH 14, 2007, EPA AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (FDEP) CONDUCTED RCRA COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTIONS AT FDLE'S TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER, LOCATED IN TALLAHASSEE AND FORT MYERS, FLORIDA. DURING THE INSPECTIONS, EPA AND FDEP REPRESNETATIVES NOTED THAT FDLE FAILED TO CONDUCT A PROPER HAZARDOUS WASTE DETERMINATION ON THE SPENT GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY (GC-MS) AUTO-SAMPLER VIALS (SPENT SAMPLER VIALS), AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 262.11. AFTER THE INSPECTIONS, RESPONDENT INFORMED EPA THAT ALL SEVEN LABORATORIES GENERATE SPENT SAMPLER VIALS. RESPONDENT FAILED TO DETERMINE THATTHE SPENT SAMPLER VIALS EXHIBIT THE CHARACTERISTIC OF IGNITABILITY.

Defendants (1)

• FLORIDA DEPT. OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIME LABORATORYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (7)

• FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT - CRIME LAB

  4700 TERMINAL DR, SUITE 1, FORT MYERS, FL, 33907-1559

  Registry ID: 110031384669

• FLORIDA DLE TALLAHASSEE CRIME LAB

  2331 PHILLIPS RD, TALLAHASSEE, FL, 323085333

  Registry ID: 110005609136

• FLORIDA DLE JACKSONVILLE CRIME LAB

  711A N LIBERTY ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 32202-2778

  Registry ID: 110005595285

• FDLE PENSACOLA REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER

  1301 N PALAFOX ST, PENSACOLA, FL, 32501

  Registry ID: 110035707447

• FLORIDA DLE ORLANDO REG CRIME LAB

  500 W ROBINSON ST, ORLANDO, FL, 328011722

  Registry ID: 110005275237

• DMS GENERAL CHAPPIE JAMES BUILDING

  160 GOVERNMENTAL CNTR #308, PENSACOLA, FL, 32501

  Registry ID: 110005275335

• FLORIDA DLE TAMPA REG CRIME LAB

  4211 N LOIS AVE, TAMPA, FL, 336147774

  Registry ID: 110005275512

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIME LABORATORY SERVICESentered 2008-05-13

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $3,607

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2008-05-13Final Order Issued
• 2008-05-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2008-05-22Enforcement Action Data Entered