North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Hazardous Waste Section
Civil Penalty Assessments
February 2001

Name Violation Penalty Amount Date Issued
EnviroChem Environmental Services, Inc.
1005 Investment Boulevard
Apex, North Carolina 27502
NCD 982 170 292

Wake County
EnviroChem Environmental Services, failed to:

mark accumulation start dates on containers and mark containers with the words "Hazardous Waste",

to include the correct information on inspection records, stored hazardous waste in an unpermitted area,

to manage containers as requiired and managed incompatibles next to each other without proper safe guards,

to secure the facility as required,

to maintain adequate access to a fire extinguisher,

to maintain emergency equipment and to maintain the required aisle space, between waste staged for receiving and the permitted trailer storage

and to sign and return manifests to the generator.

The facility improperly processed mercury ampoules resulting in a release of mercury vaprs with the potential for endangering facility personnel.

$131,000.00 2/19/01

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