EPA v. HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
The Consent Decree resolves the United States civil claims against Heritage for violations of the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at its Indianapolis, Indiana and Lemont, Illinois hazard waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities. Heritage violated the Clean Air Act and the national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPs) for benzene waste operations by failing to accurately determine its total annual benzene received, failing to properly develop and maintain records of its total annual benzene received, failing to submit required reports and failing to install equipment to control benzene emissions. Heritage violated RCRA and emissions control regulations relating to tanks containing hazardous waste at its Indianapolis facility by failing to install and operate control equipment, failing to determine initial maximum organic vapor pressure, failing to complete inspections, failing to maintain records of inspections and failing to secure and maintain proper controls on a hazardous waste container.
Defendants (1)
- HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (5)
HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC
15330 CANAL BANK RD, LEMONT, IL, 60439
Registry ID: 110000748898
ARCWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL LLC
7901 W MORRIS ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 46231-1366
Registry ID: 110000397393
ARCWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL LLC
7901 W MORRIS ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 46231-1366
Registry ID: 110000397393
HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
7901 W. MORRIS ST., INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 46231
Registry ID: 110000397393
HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
7901 W. MORRIS ST., INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 46231
Registry ID: 110000397393
Statutes cited
- CAA 112 — Hazardous Air Pollutants
Enforcement conclusions (1)
HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESentered 2002-12-13
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $190,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1998-09-03Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1998-09-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-03-30Complaint Filed With Court
- 2002-10-04Final Order Lodged
- 2002-12-13Final Order Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 31205
- Case number
- 05-1998-0626
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- MMBI
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Hazardous Air Pollutants
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1998-0626 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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