EPA v. JEEP COLLINS JEWELRYMAKER, INC.

Case summary

RESPONDENT, JEEP COLLINS JEWELRYMAKER, INC., WAS INCORPOR- ATED IN AND UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS ON MAY 9, 1980. RESPONDENT OPERATES A FACILITY LOCATED AT HC12 BOX 12, FRED- ERICKSBURG, TX. 78624, WHERE IT FINISHES CAST JEWELRY BY SPRUCE CUTTING, FILING, SANDING, AND POLISHING ( THE FAC- ILITY ). RESPONDENT SUBMITTED A NOTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ACT- IVITY TO EPA ON AUG. 27, 1991. IN ITS NOTIFICATION, RESPONDENT CERTIFIEDTHAT IT EMPLOYS OR PROCESSES MATERIALS WHICH PRODUCE WASTES. EPA ISSUED A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO RESPONDENT ON FEB. 23, 1993. RESPONDENT'S MAR. 5, 1993, REPLY TO THE REQUEST FOR INFORM- ATION, IDENTIFIED THE HAZARDOUS WASTE STREAM AS BEING GENER- ATED 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 RESPONDENT'S MAQUILADORA FAC- ILITY DESTINED FOR TREATMENT, STORAGE OR DISPOSAL (TSD) FAC- ILITIES IN THE U.S. VIOLATIONS: 1. REPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION BY FAILING TO LIST THE FOR- EIGN GENERATOR'S NAME AND ADDRESS ON 2 MANIFESTS. 2. RESPONDENT FAILED TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION OF TRANSPORTER ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO TRANSPORTATION, TREATMENT, STORAGE, OR DISPOSAL OF SUCH WASTE. A PENALTY OF $39,000 WAS PROPOSED. FACILITY I.D. NO. TXD988060349.

Defendants (1)

• JEEP COLLINS JEWELRYMAKER, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• JEEP COLLINS JEWELRYMAKER INC

  HC12 BOX120, FREDERICKSBURG, TX, 78624

  Registry ID: 110008165421

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• JEEP COLLINS JEWELRYMAKER, INC.entered 1994-05-25

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $6,300

Timeline (5 milestones)

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