EPA v. JoaQuin Manufacturing
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On June 30, 2020 Region 8 filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) with JoaQuin Manufacturing Corp to address Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations at its facility in Commerce City, Colorado. The violations involved failure to notify as a hazardous waste generator; storage of hazardous waste without a permit, including failure to label, date, and close hazardous waste containers, and accumulation of hazardous waste for longer than 180 days; and failure to label used oil containers. Under the terms of the agreement, JoaQuin Manufacturing Corp agreed to pay a penalty and take steps to ensure proper management of waste in the future.
Defendants (1)
- JoaQuin ManufacturingNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
JOAQUIN MANUFACTURING
6900 ELM STREET, COMMERCE CITY, CO, 80022
Registry ID: 110001400181
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
JoaQuin Manufacturingentered 2020-06-30
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $13,600
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2020-06-30Final Order Issued
- 2020-06-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2020-07-15Enforcement Action Closed
- 2020-07-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3602242814
- Case number
- 08-2020-0093
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 08
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2020-0093 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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