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07-2025-0217Administrative - FormalClosedFY 2025· Region 07

EPA v. Estes Express Des Moines Terminal (DMO) 137 RCRA 3008A AO For Comp And/Or Penalty

Final Order With Penalty

Case summary

The EPA alleges that Estes Express Des Moines Terminal (DMO) 137 violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act requirements by failing to conduct hazardous waste determinations on multiple waste streams. In addition, the facility failed to meet several RCRA generator requirements including a determination the facility's generator status; storing hazardous wastes in containers that were unlabeled, undated, in poor condition, and with insufficient aisle space provided; storing wastes that were incompatible with other wastes/chemicals; storing hazardous waste for more than 180 days; and failing to meet several hazardous waste emergency requirements.

Defendants (1)

  • Estes Express Lines, Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

  • ESTES EXPRESS DES MOINES TERMINAL (DMO) 137

    2201 E OVID AVE, DES MOINES, IA, 50313-4744

    Registry ID: 110005776856

Statutes cited

  • RCRA 3002Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

  • Estes Express Des Moines Terminal (DMO) 137 RCRA 3008A AO For Comp And/Or Penaltyentered 2025-09-10

    Primary law: RCRA

    Federal penalty: $75,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

  • 2025-09-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
  • 2025-09-10Final Order Issued
  • 2025-09-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
  • 2025-10-10Enforcement Action Closed

Case metadata

EPA activity ID
3604521614
Case number
07-2025-0217
Lead agency
EPA
EPA region
07
Voluntary self-disclosure
No
Primary statute
Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 07-2025-0217 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.

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