EPA v. Southern Wood Piedmont Company

Case summary

Southern Wood Piedmont violated the financial assurance requirements under RCRA at their hazardous waste facilities. Financial assurance ensures that money is available to properly close a facility that treats, stores, or disposes of hazardous waste, to clean up any hazardous waste or materials that is released at these facilities, and to protect the taxpayer from paying for a cleanup in the event a company goes bankrupt or abandons the property. The regulations also require these failities to have financial assurance to cover any damage to adjacent property owners and othrs who are harmed by a release. The goal of financial assurance is also to assure proper handling and cleanup of hazardous waste.

Defendants (1)

• Southern Wood Piedmont CompanyNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (5)

• BALDWIN SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT

  900 NORTH CENTER STREET, BALDWIN, FL, 32234

  Registry ID: 110045459008

• WAVERLY SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT

  279 INDUSTRIAL PART DRIVE, WAVERLY, OH, 45690

  Registry ID: 110045459035

• SPARTANBURG SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT

  591 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, SPARTANBURG, SC, 29303

  Registry ID: 110045459044

• AUGUSTA SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT WAST PILE BLDG.

  1650 NIXON ROAD, AUGUSTA, GA, 30906

  Registry ID: 110045459017

• EAST POINT SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT

  1745 CONNALLY DRIVE, EAST POINT, GA, 30344

  Registry ID: 110045459026

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3008A — Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty
• RCRA 3004 — Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Southern Wood Piedmont Companyentered 2012-01-19

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $317,000

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2011-04-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2012-01-19Final Order Issued