EPA v. Jackson Memorial Hospital

Case summary

MARCH 16, 2021: CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER - JULY 16, 18, 2019, THE EPA AND THE FDEP CONDUCTED A RCRA COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION (CEI) AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. EPA INSPECTORS OBSERVED THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO CLOSE 5 GALLON CONTAINERS OF WASTE, WASTE METHANOL, IN THE MAIN CORE LAB. RESPONDENT FAILED TO MARK OR LABEL HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINERS WITH AN INDICATION OF THE HAZARDS OF THE CONTENTS. RESPONDENT FAIL TO MEET A CONDITION FOR EXEMPTION FOR A SQG, BY GENERATING MORE HAZARDOUS WASTE THAN THE 2,2000 LBS ALLOWED. RESPONDENT FAILED TO PERFORM WEEKLY INSPECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL ACCUMULATION AREA. RESPONDENT FAILED TO MAINTAIN RECORD OF WEEKLY INSPECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL ACCUMULATION AREA; FAILED TO MARK OR LABEL CONTAINERS OF SOLVENT WAST AND ONE CONTAINER OF CHROMIUM WAST WITH AN INDICATION OF THE HAZARDS OF THE CONTENT AND MARK OR LABEL THE DATE UPON WHICH EACH PERIOD OF ACCUMULATION BEGAN ON EACH CONTAINER IN THE CENTRAL ACCUMULATION AREA. RESPONDENT DID NOT MAINTAIN AISLE SPACE TO ALLOW THE UNOBSTRUCTED MOVEMENT OF PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT IN THE CENTERAL ACCUMULATION AREA. RESPONDENT FAILED TO KEEP COPIES OF SIGNED HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFESTS FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS FROM THE DATE THE WASTE WAS ACCEPTED BY THE INITIAL TRANSPORTER OR UNTIL THE FACILITY RECEIVED A SIGNED COPY OF THE DESIGNATED FACILITY WHICH RECEIVED THE WASTE.

Defendants (1)

• JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITALNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

  1611 NW 12TH AVE, MIAMI, FL, 33136-1096

  Registry ID: 110007414244

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITALentered 2021-03-16

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $87,000

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2021-03-16Final Order Issued
• 2021-03-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2021-03-31Enforcement Action Data Entered