In re Caribbean All Metal Recyclers Corp.
An EPA administrative law judge ordered a commercial recycling company to pay $16,000 for unlawfully exporting spent lead acid batteries to China and South Korea in 2015.
In re Mayaguez Medical Center/Dr. Ramon Emeterio Betances, Inc.
An EPA administrative law judge ordered a medical center in Puerto Rico to pay $20,000 for failing to make a hazardous waste determination for discarded medicines generated at the pharmacy area, waste accumulation at the biosafety warehouse area, and waste accumulated at the boiler room area, in violation of RCRA.
In re Tanay, LLC, and Swami, LLC
An EPA administrative law judge ordered the owner/operator of a gas station in Norfolk, Virginia, to pay $45,000 for violating RCRA and Virginia's federally authorized UST program.
In re University of Vermont State and Agricultural College
An EPA administrative law judge ordered a university to pay $20,000 for violating §§3002, 3004, and 3005 of RCRA, the Vermont Hazardous Waste Management Regulations, and the hazardous waste facility treatment and storage permit it was issued on November 20, 2012, at its Environmental Research Safety Facility Bio-Research Complex facility in Burlington, Vermont.
In re Sloan Valve Co.
An EPA administrative law judge ordered a plumbing company to pay $630,000 for RCRA violations at its on-site landfill. The judge also ordered the company to refrain from all land disposal of wastes that fail to meet applicable treatment standards, ensure that the hazardous waste treatment process for any waste subject to such standards is effective prior to land disposal, and cease using any hazardous waste container that cannot demonstrate compliance with applicable hazardous waste container management requirements.
In re Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C.
An EPA administrative law judge ordered a waste disposal company to pay $36,000 for violating certain provisions of its New Jersey issued hazardous waste permits at its facility in Middlesex, New Jersey.
In re Aylin, Inc./Rt. 58 Food Mart, Inc./Franklin Eagle Mart/Pure Gas Station
An EPA administrative law judge ordered the owner/operator of several gas stations to pay $185,000 for violating Subtitle I of RCRA and Virginia's federally authorized UST management program with respect to certain USTs located at three facilities in Suffolk and Franklin, Virginia.
In re Maine Health and Environmental Laboratory
An EPA administrative law judge ordered a laboratory to pay $27,000 for violating §§3002 and 3005 of RCRA at its facility in Augusta, Maine. The judge also ordered the laboratory to complete a supplemental environmental project by January 2, 2017, submit a SEP Completion Report, and submit quarterly SEP progress reports within 90 and 180 days.
In re Summit, Inc.
An EPA administrative law judge ordered a company to pay $263,375 for violating §§3002-3005, 3006, and 3014 of RCRA at its scrap metal processing facility in Gary, Indiana. The judge also ordered the company to develop and implement a contingency plan and an employee training plain that address hazardous waste, used oil, and universal wastes.
