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10-2021-0212Administrative - FormalFinal Order IssuedFY 2021· Region 10

EPA v. GOLDEN VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION - HEALY POWER PLANT

Final Order With Penalty

Case summary

On September 2, 2021, Region 10 settled with Golden Valley Electric Association of Fairbanks, Alaska, for violations of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at its Healy Power Plant in Healy, Alaska. The implementing regulations of RCRA require that generators of hazardous waste must manage the hazardous waste in compliance with the RCRA requirements in order to protect human health and the environment. EPA alleges that Golden Valley Electric Association stored hazardous waste without a storage permit, failed to prepare a correct Land Disposal Restrictions notice, failed to properly manage universal waste and failed to properly label containers of used oil. Golden Valley Electric Association will pay a penalty of $20,178.

Defendants (1)

  • GOLDEN VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

  • HEALY POWER PLANT

    HEALY SPUR RD, MILE 2.5, HEALY, AK, 99743

    Registry ID: 110000602250

Statutes cited

  • RCRA 3002Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

  • GOLDEN VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION - HEALY POWER PLANTentered 2021-09-02

    Primary law: RCRA

    Federal penalty: $20,178

Timeline (3 milestones)

  • 2021-08-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
  • 2021-09-02Final Order Issued
  • 2021-09-02Complaint Filed/Proposed Order

Case metadata

EPA activity ID
3602807091
Case number
10-2021-0212
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 10-2021-0212 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.

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