EPA v. TERRALPHA INDUSTRIAL, INC.
Case summary
Region 5 filed a complaint for failing to follow the requirements for exporting hazardous waste to Terralpha Industrial Inc. on April 7, 2011. The complaint alleges that Terralpha Industrial, Inc. exported hazardous waste in the form of scrap CRTs without filing a notice of intent to export nor did they use a hazardous waste manifest to track the shipment. Terralpha Industrial, Inc. is also alleged to have failed to respond to a request for information in a timely fashion. The complaint seeks a penalty of $186,195.
Defendants (1)
- CHAO XIA ZHANG-KIRKPATRICK & PAUL KIRKPATRICKNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
TERRALPHA INDUSTRIAL INC
2640 ROLLING MEADOWS DRIVE, NAPERVILLE, IL, 60564-8501
Registry ID: 110037251256
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
- RCRA 3017 — Export of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
TERRALPHA INDUSTRIAL, INC.entered 2012-04-11
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $11,450
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2011-04-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2011-04-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2012-04-11Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 2600013980
- Case number
- 05-2011-9915
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 05
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-2011-9915 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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