EPA v. Young Electric Sign Company
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Young Electric Sign Co. (Yesco) designs, fabricates, installs and maintains large commercial custom lighted signs. This settlement resolves violations including: treatment of hazardous waste without a permit; offering hazardous waste for disposal without a manifest; failure to prevent releases of hazardous waste; failure to make a hazardous waste determination; storage of hazardous waste without a permit; and failure to properly label used oil and respond to used oil releases. The majority of the violations resulted from the improper use of a bulb crusher.
Defendants (1)
- Young Electric Sign CompanyNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
YOUNG ELECTRIC SIGN CO
5119 SOUTH CAMERON ST., LAS VEGAS, NV, 89118
Registry ID: 110000837603
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Young Electric Sign Companyentered 2012-06-01
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $120,400
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2012-06-01Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2012-06-01Final Order Issued
- 2012-08-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3000045953
- Case number
- 09-2012-5109
- 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 09-2012-5109 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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