EPA v. USVA Medical Center
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
This is an Administrative Penalty Order pursuant to RCRA issued to USVA Medical Center, Palo Alto. The violations were: Count 1: Storage of hazardous waste without a permit: Count 2: Open containers: Count 3: Maintenance of facility: Count 4: Ignitable waste within 50 of property line: Count 5: Failure to make a hazardous waste determination: The final penalty is $32,544
Defendants (1)
- USVA Medical CenterNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PALO ALTO VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
3801 MIRANDA AVE, PALO ALTO, CA, 94304
Registry ID: 110042345593
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
USVA Medical Centerentered 2008-09-04
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $32,542
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2008-08-18Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2008-09-04Final Order Issued
- 2008-09-04Enforcement Action Closed
- 2008-09-04Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 1000015885
- Case number
- 09-2008-5012
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2008-5012 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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