EPA v. ALLIED SIGNAL AEROSPACE COMPANY

Case summary

RESPONDENT OPERATES A FACILITY LOCATED AT BROWNSVILLE COM- PRESS BUILDING D, BROWNSVILLE, TX. 78520 ( THE FACILITY ), WHICH SERVES AS A STAGING FACILITY FOT ITS MEXICAN MAQUIL- ADORA PLANT. RESPONDENT SUBMITTED A NOTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ACT- IVITY TO EPA ON NOV. 12, 1990. IN ITS NOTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITY, RESPONDENT CERTIFIED THAT IT EMPLOYS OR PROCESSES MATERIALS WHICH PRO- DUCE WASTES . EPA ISSUED A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO RESPONDENT ON JAN. 19, 1993. RESPONDENT'S FEB. 25, 1993, REPLY TO THE REQUEST FOR INFOR- MATION IDENTIFIED CERTAIN HAZARDOUS WASTE STREAMS AS BEING GENERATED BY ITS MAQUILADORA FACILITY. RESPONDENT ACTED AS U.S. IMPORTER OF HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM RESPONDENT'S FOREIGN MAQUILADORA FACILITY. RESPONDENT'S U.S. FACILITY SERVES AS A WAREHOUSE OR TRANSFER POINT FOR WASTE IMPORTED FROM REPONDENT'S MAQUILADORA FAC- ILITY DESTINED FOR TREATMENT, STORAGE OR DISPOSAL (TSD) FAC- ILITIES IN THE U.S. VIOLATIONS: 1. RESPONDENT FAILED TO LIST ON 4 MANIFESTS THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE FOREIGN GENERATOR. 2. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION BY OFFERING 4 SHIPMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TO A TRANSPORTER WITHOUT EPA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. 3. RESPONDENT DID NOT PREPARE A BIENNIAL REPORT BY MAR. 1, 1992 FOR GENERATOR ACTIVITIES DURING 1991. THE COMPLAINT ISSUED ON JUN. 17, 1993, ASSESSED A PENALTY OF $34,000. DOCKET OR INDEX NO. RCRA-VI-314-H. FACILITY I.D. NO. TXD988023115.

Defendants (1)

• ALLIED SIGNAL AEROSPACE COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ALLIED SIGNAL AEROSPACE CO

  BROWNSVILLE COMPRESS BLDG D/MA, BROWNSVILLE, TX, 78520

  Registry ID: 110008160809

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste
• RCRA 3004 — Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ALLIED SIGNAL AEROSPACE COMPANYentered 1994-05-25

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $34,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1993-06-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1993-06-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1994-05-25Final Order Issued
• 1994-06-28Compliance Achieved
• 1994-06-28Enforcement Action Closed