EPA v. Mauser USA LLC

Case summary

The regulation at 30 TEX. ADMIN. CODE ? 335.261(a) [40 C.F.R. ? 273.32(a)(1)] requires large quantity handlers of universal waste to submit written notification of universal waste management to the executive director before meeting or exceeding the 5,000 kilogram accumulation limit. From February 2006 to March 2016, Respondent submitted 12 hazardous waste activity notifications to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that did not include written notification of Respondent?s universal waste management at the Facility. The regulation at 30 TEX. ADMIN. CODE ? 335.261(a) [40 C.F.R. ? 273.31(b) prohibits large quantity handlers of universal waste from treating universal waste.. At the time of the EPA Investigation, Respondent was treating PPRW, a universal waste, when drying the PPRW in a burn-off oven.

Defendants (1)

• Mauser USA LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MAUSER

  4004 HOMESTEAD RD, HOUSTON, TX, 77028-5800

  Registry ID: 110000874117

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
• RCRA 3010 — Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Mauser USA LLCentered 2020-04-07

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $34,675

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2020-04-07Final Order Issued
• 2020-04-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2020-04-08Enforcement Action Data Entered