EPA v. PERFECTION FINISHERS, INCORPORATED (ESA)

Case summary

On January 29, 2016, Region 5 entered into an Expedited Settlement Agreement (ESA) and Final Order with Perfection Finishers, Inc. (Perfection Finishers) of Wauseon, Ohio, commencing and concluding a matter under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for a settlement amount of $8,000. EPA alleged that Perfection Finishers had failed to: label and keep closed hazardous waste satellite accumulation area containers; to include the date of accumulation on hazardous waste containers in the less than 90-day accumulation area; to provide the annual hazardous waste training in the year 2013; to conduct a weekly inspection of hazardous waste container areas; to provide hazardous waste spill control equipment; to label and keep containers of universal waste closed; to label containers of used oil with the words ?Used Oil;? and to either cease storing hazardous waste on-site for more than 90 days or to obtain a permit for such storage pursuant to RCRA and the EPA approved Ohio hazardous waste program. Prior to entering into the ESA agreement, Perfection Finishers demonstrated to EPA that it was in compliance with RCRA and its implementing regulations.

Defendants (1)

• PERFECTION FINISHERS,INCORPORATEDNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PERFECTION FINISHERS INC (0326000168)

  1151 N. OTTOKEE ST., WAUSEON, OH, 435671911

  Registry ID: 110000383950

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PERFECTION FINISHERS, INC.(ESA)entered 2016-01-29

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $8,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2016-01-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2016-01-29Final Order Issued
• 2016-02-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2016-02-24Enforcement Action Closed
• 2016-02-24Compliance Achieved