EPA v. COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On July 30, 2021, Region 10 filed an Expedited Settlement Agreement with Costco Wholesale Corporation to address Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations at its facility at 5225 Commercial Boulevard, Juneau, Alaska. The violations involve failure to properly label a container of hazardous waste and failure to conduct weekly inspections. Under the terms of the Agreement, Costco certified it has corrected the RCRA violations and paid a civil penalty of $2,000.
Defendants (1)
- COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
COSTCO WHOLESALE 107
5225 COMMERCIAL BLVD, JUNEAU, AK, 99801
Registry ID: 110003037286
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATIONentered 2021-07-30
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $2,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2021-07-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2021-07-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2021-07-30Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3602764771
- Case number
- 10-2021-0181
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 10
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2021-0181 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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