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Enforcement Order EPD-HW-1878

Facility Rescar Gordon Facility
County Wilkinson County
Cause of Order Failure to conduct weekly inspections of the paint shop central accumulation area; failure to maintain aisle space to allow the unobstructed movement of personnel, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment in the tank car cleanout central accumulation area; accumulating greater than 55 gallons of hazardous paint waste in a satellite accumulation area in the hallway between the blast and coating shops; failure to label six satellite drums of flammable liquid in the satellite accumulation areas with the words "Hazardous Waste"; failure to label approximately 30 55-gallon drums of hazardous waste in the tank car cleanout central accumulation area, and three 55-gallon waste drums in the paint shop central accumulation area with the words "Hazardous Waste"; failure to label thirty 55-gallons drums of hazardous waste in the tank car cleanout central accumulation area with an indication of the hazardous contents; failure to label approximately thirty 55-gallon drums of hazardous waste in the tank car cleanout central accumulation area with an accumulation start date; failure to label two 55-gallon drums of used motor oil with the words "Used Oil"
Requirements of Order W/in 30 days of the execution date of this Consent Order, submit for the Division's approval plans to ensure that hazardous waste at the facility is managed and properly in accordance with the Hazardous Waste Rules; w/in 30 days of the Division's approval of the plans described in Condition 2, submit documentation to the Division that the Facility is operating in compliance with said plans and documentation that all hazardous waste is being managed properly
Settlement Amount $10,000.00
Legal Authority Hazardous Waste Management Act
Date Executed 17‑Jan‑2019
Publication Date For Executed Order 21‑Jan‑2019
File Attachments None