EPA v. BEAVER OIL & SLUDGE REMOVAL

Case summary

On May 28, 2015, the Final Order was entered. On April 8, 2015, the Eastern Division, Northern Illinois District of the United States Department of Justice lodged a consent decree and amended complaint In re: United States v. Beaver Oil Co. Inc. (Case: 1:13-cv-00830). The case began with a multimedia inspection in April 2004, part of the Clean Water Act (CWA) Centralized Waste Treatment initiative in Region 5. Defendant Beaver Oil Co. Inc. does not admit any wrongdoing in the settlement. Region 5 referred to U.S. DOJ violations of the discharge authorization (under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System program of the CWA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) used oil and hazardous waste regulations. The RCRA violations concerned analysis of hazardous waste upon receipt (compatibility testing), failing to track hazardous waste through the plant using manifest numbers, adequate waste determinations on hazardous waste treatment residue and mixture with used oil, hazardous waste management in unpermitted units and the operating record. Beaver Oil Co. Inc's state RCRA permit and the decree requires an operating record to track hazardous waste movement, using manifest numbers, through the facility. As of April 13, 2015, the Federal Register notice of lodging had not been published. Beaver Oil Co. Inc. will pay a penalty of $250,000 under the Consent Decree.

Defendants (1)

• BEAVER OIL & SLUDGE REMOVALNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (3)

• REWORLD OIL LLC

  6037 LENZI AVE, HODGKINS, IL, 60525-4202

  Registry ID: 110038120547

• BEAVER OIL TREATMENT AND RECYCLING

  6037 LENZ AVE, HODGKINS, IL, 60525-4202

  Registry ID: 110038120547

• BEAVER OIL COMPANY INC.

  6037 LENZI AVENUE, HODGKINS, IL, 60525

  Registry ID: 110038120547

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste
• RCRA 3004 — Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Standards
• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
• CWA 301/307 — Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
• CWA 309 — Violation of Existing AO
• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• BEAVER OIL & SLUDGE REMOVALentered 2015-05-28

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $250,000

Timeline (8 milestones)

• 2007-04-30Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2007-07-13Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2012-06-29Supplemental Referral-Adding parties, counts
• 2015-04-10Complaint Filed With Court
• 2015-04-10Final Order Lodged
• 2015-05-28Final Order Entered
• 2025-12-16NPDES Closed
• 2025-12-16Enforcement Action Closed