EPA v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$28,500
Case summary
FACT SHEET: * UNION CARBIDE GENERATES A NUMBER OF WASTES, INCLUDING 'PAINT WASTES'. BASED ON INFO OBTAINED FROM 3007 REQUEST FOR INFO, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT PAINT WASTE FIT THE CLASSIFICATION OF F005. THE LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS FOR F005 BECAME EFFECTIVE NOV. 8, 1986. * UNION CARBIDE SENDS WASTES TO GULF COAST DISPOSAL AUTHORITY (GCA). DURING AN INSPECTION AT GCA, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AT LEAST THREE SHIPMENTS OF RESTRICTED WASTES FROM UNION CARBIDE WERE SENT TO GCA FOR DISPOSAL. * VIOLATIONS DETECTED IN THE INSPECTION AND FROM THE 3007 LETTER INCLUDE: * - FAILURE TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY WASTE AS RESTRICTED; AND - FAILURE TO NOTIFY THE DISPOSAL FACILITY THE WASTE REQUIRED TREATEMENT PRIOR TO DISPOSAL.
Defendants (1)
- UNION CARBIDE CORP.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3008A — Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty
Enforcement conclusions (1)
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $28,500
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1988-06-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1988-06-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1988-09-30Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 34529
- Case number
- 06-1988-0501
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- RCR
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1988-0501 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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