EPA v. ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Case summary

1/27/2014 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED. IN A SEPTEMBER 20, 2009, DISCLOSURE TO THE EPA, RESPONDENT DISCLOSED POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA). SPECIFICALLY, THE COMPANY DISCLOSED POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF RCRA'S IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS AT 40 CFR PART 265, SUBPART D. EPA DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE SUBPART D REGULATIONS BY FAILING TO UPDATE THE EMERGENCY COORDINATORS LISTED IN ITS CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FACILITY, AND BY FAILING TO PROVIDE A COPY OF SUCH UPDATED CONTINGENCY PLAN TO THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 265.54(d) AND .53(B), RESPECTIVELY. RESPONDENT PROMPTLY CORRECTED THE RCRA VIOLATIONS FOLLOWING THIS DISCOVERY. PURSUANT TO THE AUDIT POLICY AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE RESPONDENT, THE EPA MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINAL DETERMINATION FOR THE DISCLOSURE IDENTIFIED ABOVE; THE SELF-DISCLOSURE MEETS THE CONDITIONS OF THE EPA'S AUDIT POLICY FOR 100 PERCENT ELIMINATION OF THE GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH RESPONDENT'S ABOVE SPECIFICIED VIOLATIONS OF RCRA. THE EPA WILL NOT SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. IN ADDITION, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DISCLOSURE, THE EPA WILL NOT SEEK THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT PORTION OF THE PENALTY.

Defendants (1)

• ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERNamed in settlement

Facilities (5)

• SOUTH SEMINOLE HOSPITAL

  555 W SR 434, LONGWOOD, FL, 32752

  Registry ID: 110006849081

• ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

  1414 S KUHL AVE, ORLANDO, FL, 328062093

  Registry ID: 110002536881

• ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL

  NE LUCERNE TERRACE & MILLER ST, ORLANDO, FL, 32806

  Registry ID: 110015724420

• LUCERNE HOSPITAL

  818 S. MAIN LANE, ORLANDO, FL, 32801

  Registry ID: 110057184764

• DR. P. PHILLIPS HOSPITAL

  9400 TURKEY LAKE ROAD, ORLANDO, FL, 32819

  Registry ID: 110043655924

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERentered 2014-01-27

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2014-01-27Enforcement Action Closed
• 2014-01-27Final Order Issued
• 2014-02-19Enforcement Action Data Entered