EPA v. AMERICAN ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Case summary

1. SECTION 3008(A) OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6901 ET SEQ., AS AMENDED. 2. AMERICAN ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CORP., A TSD FA- CILITY P.O. BOX 248 WINONA, SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS 75792 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 3003 AND 3010 OF RCRA BY 1) FAILING TO NOTIFY OF RECEIVING WASTE FROM A FOREIGN SOURCE - AEROVOX DE MEXICO, 2) FAILING TO NOTIFY OF RECEIVING WASTE FROM A FOREIGN SOURCE - ALAMBRADOS ATUOMOTRICES PLANTA 1, 3) FAILING TO NOTIFY OF RECEIVING WASTE FROM A FOREIGN SOURCE - CABLEADOS FRESNILLO, 4) FAILING TO NOTIFY OF RECEIVING WASTE FROM A FOREIGN SOURCE - DELNOSA PLANTAS 1 & 2, 5) FAILING TO NOTIFY OF RECEIVING WASTE FROM A FOREIGN SOURCE - DELNOSA PLANTAS 6 & 6, 6) FAILING TO NOTIFY OF RECEIVING WASTE FROM A FOR- EIGN SOURCE - DELREDO, 7) FAILING TO NOTIFY OF RECEIVING WASTE FROM A FOREIGN SOURCE - OPERCIONES DE MAQUILAS DE JUAREZ, 8) FAILING TO NOTIFY OF RECEIVING WASTE FROM A FOREIGN SOURCE - PEDSA/EDIASA/ACUSTAR (PEDSA), AND 9) FAILING TO NOTIFY OF RECEIVING WASTE FROM A FOREIGN SOURCE - ZENCO DE CHIHUAHUA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $8,000 AND ISSUED A COMPLI- ANCE ORDER. THE COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT TO SUBMIT, NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CACO, WRITTEN NOTIFICATIONS TO EPA AND TRNCC FOR RE- CEIVING THE FOLLOWING WASTE STREAMS AND SPECIFY WHETHER RESPONDENT INTENDS TO IMPORT THESE HAZARDOUS WASTE STREAMS FROM THE SPECIFIED SOURCES IN THE FUTURE: 1. AEROVOX AERO DE MEXICO - METHYLENE CHLORIDE, TERPENE HYDROCARBONS, TRICHLOROETHYLENE, AND ACETONE & TOLUENE 2. ALAMBRADOS AUTOMOTRICES PLANTA 1 - PAINT RELATED MAT- ERIAL 3. CABLEADOS FRESNILLO - BENZENE & ETHYLENE GLYCOL 4. DELNOSA PLANTAS 1 & 2 - TOLUENE & CARBON TETRACHLORIDE 5. DELNOSA PLANTAS 5 & 6 - TOLUENE & CARBON TETRACHLORIDE 6. DELREDO - HAZARDOUS WASTE LIQUID 7. DELREDO - HAZARDOUS WASTE SOLID 8. OPERCIONES DE MAQUILAS DE JUAREZ - DIPHENYLMETHANE & 4,4 DILSOCYANATE MIXTURE 9. PEDSA - HAZARDOUS WASTE LIQUID 10. PEDSA - URETHANE PREPOLYMER AND PAINT 11. PEDSA - GREASE 12. ZENCO DE CHIHUAHUA - PAINT RELATED MATERIAL

Defendants (1)

• AMERICAN ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• AMERICAN ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL SRVC CORPORATION

  HWY 155 11M NE TYLER, WINONA, TX, 75792

  Registry ID: 110000619144

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3010 — Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity
• RCRA 3003 — Standards Applicable to Transporters of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• AMERICAN ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CORP.entered 1997-06-30

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $8,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1997-06-30Final Order Issued
• 1997-06-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-07-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-06-05Compliance Achieved
• 1998-06-05Enforcement Action Closed