EPA v. ASSOCIATES ENGRAVING COMPANY

Case summary

Associates Engraving Company (�AE�) was a manufacturer of award plaques, trophies, and donor displays, employing approximately 45 workers at a facility located at 2601 Colt Road, Springfield, Illinois. AE no longer operates the business, having sold it to an unrelated company in June, 2015. AE�s production processes generated solvent and solvent-based paint hazardous wastes (D001 and F005), and chromium wastes (F006). AE allegedly violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (�RCRA�) by: (1) failing to mark two containers of hazardous waste with accumulation start dates in violation of 40 C.F.R. � 262.34(a)(2); (2) failing to label the same two containers with the words �Hazardous Waste� in violation of 40 C.F.R. � 262.34(a)(3); (3) storing hazardous waste in a less-than-90-day storage area for greater than 90 days in violation of 40 C.F.R. � 262.34(b); and (4) failing to provide hazardous waste training for employees as required by 40 C.F.R. � 265.16(a). AE thereby violated 40 C.F.R. Part 270 and Section 3005 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. � 6925(a), by failing to meet all conditions for an exemption from a RCRA permit. AE will pay $25,524 to resolve the alleged violations. The facility is currently in compliance with RCRA under its current ownership.

Defendants (1)

• ASSOCIATES ENGRAVING COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MD DESIGNS INC-METAL DECOR

  2601 COLT RD., SPRINGFIELD, IL, 62707

  Registry ID: 110008059288

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ASSOCIATES ENGRAVING COMPANYentered 2016-09-30

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $25,524

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2016-09-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2016-09-30Final Order Issued
• 2016-10-03Enforcement Action Data Entered