EPA v. STEVENS AVIATION, INC.

Case summary

2/25/16 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,100, DUE IN 4 EQUAL INSTALLMENTS. FIRST PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. SECOND PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 110 DAYS. THIRD PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 200 DAYS. FOURTH PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 290 DAYS. RESPONDENT IS A FIXED BASE OPERATOR (FBO) AT THE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG AIRPORT; IT OPERATES A FULL SERVICE FACILITY OFFERING MAINTENANCE, AVIONICS, COMPLETIONS SALES AND FBO SERVICES. THE FACILITY OPERATES UNDER THE NAICS CODE 488119 FOR OTHER AIRPORT OPERATIONS. THE FACILITY IS LQG OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AS WELL AS A SMALL QUANTITY HANDLER OF UNIVERSALE WASTE (SQHUW). HAZARDOUS WASTES MANAGED AT THE FACILITY ARE PRIMARILY GENERATED FROM AIRCRAFT STRIPPING AND PAINTING ACTIVITIES, WHILE UNIVERSAL HAZ WASTES MANAGED AT THE FACILITY INCLUDE COMPACT FLUORESCENT AND METAL HALIDE UNIVERSAL HAZ WASTE BULBS. ON APR 2, 2015, EPA AND SC DHEC CONDUCTED A RCRA COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION (CEI) AT THE FACILITY. DURING THE INSPECTION, INSPECTORS OBSERVED: - THAT A 55-GAL DRUM, HAVING ALREADY BECOME SO SEVERELY RUSTED THAT OPENINGS WERE VISIBLE ALONG THE RIM WHEN THE DRUM RING WAS FASTENED, WAS POSITIONED BENEATH THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FILTER PRESS AND WAS BEING USED TO ACCUMULATE A D006/D007 CHARACTERISTIC, AND F019 LISTED, HAZ WASTE SLUDGE. - THAT D006/D007 CHARACTERISTIC, AND F019 LISTED, HAZ WASTE SLUDGE, HAVING BEEN GENERATED BY OPERATION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FILTER PRSS, WAS BEING STORED IN A 55-GAL DRUM, HAVING NEITHER LABELS NOR AN ACCUMULATION START DATE, THAT HAD NOT BEEN RELOCATED FROM THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM ROOM TO THE FACILITY'S LESS-THAN-90-DAY HAZ WASTE STORAGE AREA. - THAT AN ASSORTMENT OF COMPACT FLUORESCENT AND METAL HALIDE UNIVERSAL WASTE LAMPS HAD BEEN ACCUMULATED IN THE CORNER OF THE LESS THAN 90-DAY HAZ WASTE STORAGE AREA NEAR THE DOOR. SOME OF THESE ACCUMULATED LAMPS WERE BEING STORED IN CARDBOARD BOXES, ALTHOUGH OTHERS WERE NOT; MOST BUT NOT ALL OF THESE CARDBOARD BOXES WERE LABELED, WHILE SOME BUT NOT ALL WERE DATED. - THE INSPECTORS WERE ABLE TO LEARN THAT AIRCRAFT PAINTING BAY AIR FILTERS ARE CHANGED OUT BASED ON PRESSURE DROP READINGS THRU THE FILTERS, AND THAT WHILE WASTE AIR INTAKE FILTERS ARE MANAGED AND DISPOSED OF AS SOLID WASTES, WASTE EXHAUST AIR FILTERS ARE MANAGED AND DISPOSED OF AS HAZ WASTES, HAVING EPA HAZ WASTE CODES D001, D006, D007, F002, AND F005. FURTHER, THE INSPECTORS OBSERVED THAT HAZ WASTE AIRCRAFT PAINTING BAY EXHAUST AIR FILTERS GENERATED AT THE PAINTING AREA WERE ACCUMULATING IN A GAYLORD BOX INSIDE STIPPING BAY 2. - THAT THE FACILITY'S PAINT STRIPPING PROCESS INCLUDED THE APPLICATION OF AN ALODINE SOLUTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE CHEMICAL CONVERSION COATING OF ALUMINUM, AND THAT THE DRIED FILTER CAKE SLUDGE PRODUCED BY THE FACILITY'S WWTS HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED BY RESPONDENT AS A CHARACTERISTIC (D006/D007) HAZ WASTE, BUT NOT AS A LISTED (F019) HAZ WASTE. - RESONDENT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN JOB DESCRIPTION FOR EACH POSITION RELATED TO HAZ WASTE MGMT, ALTHOUGH RESPONDENT WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE HAZ WASTE TRAINING RECORDS TO SHOW THAT HAZ WASTE MGMT EMPLOYEES WERE CURRENT ON THEIR REQUIRED HAZ WASTE MGMT TRAINING.

Defendants (1)

• STEVENS AVIATION, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• STEVENS AVIATION INCORPORATED

  600 DELAWARE STREET, GREENVILLE, SC, 29605-5495

  Registry ID: 110002100690

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste
• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• STEVENS AVIATION, INC.entered 2016-02-25

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $4,100

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2016-02-25Final Order Issued
• 2016-02-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2016-03-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2016-03-24Enforcement Action Closed