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 3002 — Standards 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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