EPA v. REM-TEX MANUFACTURING

Case summary

RESPONDENT, REM-TEX MANUFACTURING, IS A CONTRACTOR OF ALLIED SIGNAL. RESPONDENT OPERATES A FACILITY LOCATED AT 100 CIENEGAS ROAD, DEL RIO, TEXAS ( THE FACILITY ), WHICH SERVES AS A STAGING FACILITY FOR A MEXICAN MAQUILADORA PLANT. RESPONDENT IS A GENERATOR OF HAZARDOUS WASTE. RESPONDENT ACTS AS A U.S. IMPORTER OF HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM A FOREIGN MAQUILADORA FACILITY. RESPONDENT'S U.S. FACILITY SERVES AS A WAREHOUSE OR TRANSFER POINT FOR WASTE WHICH IS DESTINED FOR STORAGE, TREATMENT OR DISPOSAL (TSD) FACILITIES IN THE U.S. AND WHICH IS IMPORTED FROM A MAQUILADORA FACILITY. ON DEC. 12, 1988, RESPONDENT SUBMITTED A NOTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITY TO EPA. THE FACILITY LOCATION SHOWN IN THE NOTIFICATION WAS 20 FINE- GAN DRIVE, INDUSTRIAL PARK, DEL RIO, TX. 78840. ON FEB. 9, 1993, EPA ISSUED A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO RE- SPONDENT. RESPNDENT'S MAR. 15, 1993, REPLY TO THE REQUEST FOR INFORM- ATION IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS WASTE STREAMS AS BEING GENERATED BY ITS MAQUILADORA FACILITY. FACILITY PROVIDED A CHANGE OF ADDRESS ON APR. 7, 1992 TO THE TEXAS WATER COMMISSION. VIOLATIONS: 1. RESPONDENT FAILED TO LIST ON 2 MANIFESTS THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE FOREIGN GENERATOR. 2. RESPONDENT, AS AN IMPORTER OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, WAS IN VIOLATION BY FAILING TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION OF F005 HAZARD- OUS WASTE ACTIVITY PRIOR TO TRANSPORTATION, TREATMENT, STOR- AGE, OR DISPOSAL OF SUCH WASTE AND BY FAILING TO PROVIDE THE CORRECT ADDRESS OF THE FACILITY. A PENALTY OF $27,000 IS PROPOSED.

Defendants (1)

• REM-TEX MANUFACTURINGNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• REMTEX MANUFACTURING

  100 CIENEGAS AVE, DEL RIO, TX, 78840

  Registry ID: 110005161706

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste
• RCRA 3010 — Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity
• RCRA 3004 — Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• REM-TEX MANUFACTURINGentered 1994-05-25

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $9,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1993-06-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1993-06-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1994-05-25Final Order Issued
• 1994-06-22Enforcement Action Closed
• 1994-06-22Compliance Achieved