North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Hazardous Waste Section
Civil Penalty Assessments
2005

#

Name

Violation

Penalty Amount Date Issued
1 BE Aerospace
1455 Fairchild Rd.
Winston Salem, NC 27105

Forsyth County
NCD 982 167 066

Failed to:

  • Make waste determination not performed;

  • offered hazardous waste paint booth filters for transportation and disposal to facilities with no EPA ID number:

  • did not properly manifest hazardous waste:

  • failed to determine if paint booth filters required treatment prior to being land disposed;

  • weekly inspection of the Lab Pack Accumulation/Storage Area:

  • failed to separate containers of incompatible waste;

  • failed to keep records of inspection for three years:

  • accumulation date must be clearly marked;

  • failed to labeled with words Hazardous Waste; and

  • emergency coordinator had not been trained on the contingency plan during the past year.

$69,500 4/5/2005
2 Dynapar Corporation
Danaher Controls Corp.
2100 West Broad Street
Elizabethtown, NC 28337

Bladen County
NCD 041 466 251
Failed to:
  • inspect areas where containers were stored at least weekly. Also, no inspection records were kept;
  •  have a permit for the storage of hazardous waste for over 90 days at the site;
  • keep lamps in closed containers or packages;
  • label or mark containers of universal waste lamps with one of the following phrases: “Universal Waste-Lamp(s),” or “Waste Lamps,” or “Used Lamps”;
  • mark or label with the earliest date that any universal waste in the container became a waste or was received;
  • label or mark one container of used oil with the words “Used Oil.”;
  • comply the RCRA Post Closure Permit. This includes Part I (F)(6) of the permit;
  • maintain the semi-annual groundwater monitoring report. Part I (F)(8) of the permit;
  • maintain a copy of the post-closure plan. Part I (F)(10) of the permit;
  • maintain a survey plat. Part IV (G)(8)(a) of the permit;
  • provide annual training for employees involved with groundwater sampling or the remedial action equipment; and
  • review and immediately amend the remediation system’s contingency plan and facility’s contingency plan did not reflect a change in the emergency coordinator;
  • provide annual training for employees involved with management of hazardous waste; and
  • provide the necessary items needed to demonstrate it could pass the financial test mechanism nor provide alternate financial assurance for post-closure care.
$10,439 4/5/2005
3 Greensboro Auto Auction, Inc.
316 Edwardia Dr.
Greensboro, NC 27407

Guilford County
NCR 000 010 199

Failed to:

  • keep closed and mark with the accumulation start date and the words “Hazardous waste”;

  • place hazardous waste in containers, keep containers closed and mark with the words "Hazardous Waste";

  • have any spill control material at the facility;

  • have the location of the spill control material by a telephone and keep available on site;

  • have signed copies of all manifests; and

  • hazardous waste was disposed of improperly on-site.

$30,400 4/5/2005
4 Greensboro Auto Auction, Inc.
3802 Wendover Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27407

Guilford County
NCR 000 120 388

Failed to:

  • keep closed and mark with the accumulation start date and the words “Hazardous waste”;

  • place hazardous waste in containers, keep containers closed and mark with the words "Hazardous Waste";

  • have any spill control equipment at the facility and to post the location of spill control equipment next to a phone;

  • had spills were observed on the outside of one container as well as on the floor and walls near the container; and

  • mark with the words “Used Oil”

$40,750 4/5/2005
5 Los Compadres
3653 Indiana Avenue
Winston-Salem, NC 27105

Forsyth County
No EPA ID#
Failed to:
  •  respond to releases of used oil to the environment, and the facility continues to release used oil to the environment by not containing or cleaning up spills.

 

$6,050 4/5/2005
6

Bakers Waste Equipment
223 Baker St.
Morganton, NC 28655
Burke County
NC0 000 960 518


 

Failed to:
  • Make waste determination not performed;
  • Offered hazardous waste paint booth filters for; transportation and disposal to facilities with no EPA ID number;
  • Properly manifest F003/F005 hazardous waste;
  • Determine if paint booth filters required treatment prior to being land disposed;
  • Do weekly inspection of the Lab Pack; Accumulation/Storage Area;
  • Separate containers of incompatible waste;
  • Keep records of inspection for three years;
  • Accumulation date must be clearly marked;
  • Labeled with words Hazardous Waste; and
  • Train emergency coordinator on the contingency plan during the past year.
$54,500

 

6/1/2005
7

UNC-Chapel Hill
301 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina

 

NCD 980 515 308

Orange County

 

Administrative Order on Consent (AOC)
 

Failed to:
  • Make waste determination;
  • Conduct weekly inspections and did not maintain the inspection records;
  • Label containers with accumulation start date;
  • Label containers with Hazardous Waste labels;
  • Minimize the possibility of a release of hazardous waste;
  • Accumulated two containers of Hazardous Waste for a period exceeding 90 days in a non-permitted location; and
  • Operated a non-contiguous hazardous waste storage facility without applying for and obtaining a permit.
$25,000

 

AOC signed on 7/1/2005 with penalty amount of $25,000
8

Maaco Paint and Body Shop
110 Harley Road, Wilmington, North Carolina

 

NCR 000 002 428

New Hanover County

Failed to:
  • Keep container holding hazardous waste closed;
  • Mark container with the words “Hazardous Waste” or other words identifying the contents of the container;
  • Date the accumulation date on each HW container; and
  • Contain spills of hazardous waste.

$8,712

7/26/05

9 Bernhardt Furniture Plants 2,3,5 and 7
Caldwell County

Administrative Order on Consent (AOC)

Failed to:
  • Do waste determination;
  • Properly seal a funnel with a sealed lid;
  • Maintain inspection records;
  • Mark with accumulation start date;
  • Label or mark clearly with the words ”Hazardous Waste”;
  • Conduct weekly inspections;
  • Place waste in containers;
  • Maintain aisle space;
  • Close container;
  • Mark 5 satellite accumulation containers with words “Hazardous Waste” or with other words that identify the contents;
  • Train personnel;
  • Have annual training;
  • Maintain records that document training;
  • Have annual training, failed to maintain records that document training;
  • Train personnel and
  • Maintain records for job titles on each position
$66,500 AOC signed on 7/27/2005 with penalty amount of $66,500
10 Rusco Fixture Company, Inc.
209 South Main Street
Oakboro, NC 28129
Failed to:
  • make waste determinations;
  • insure a facility had an EPA identification number;
  • place waste in, keep closed or mark with the words, “Hazardous Waste” containers located in the satellite accumulation area;
  • keep closed, to mark with the words, “Hazardous Waste” or to mark with an accumulation start date, containers in the hazardous waste storage area;
  •  clean up spills of hazardous waste and did not performed weekly inspections;
  • make arrangements with local authorities, post the name and phone number of the emergency coordinator;
  • post the location of fire extinguishers, spill control equipment and the location of fire alarms next to phone at the facility; and
  • ensure that all employees involved with the handling of hazardous waste were thoroughly familiar with hazardous waste handling and emergency procedures.
$77,000 8/5/2005
11

Macon County
5 West Main Street
Franklin, N.C. 28734
 

Failed to:

  • Perform a waste determination on 12,200 lbs. of D008 waste;

  • Receive an EPA identification number prior to the storage and/or disposal of hazardous waste, and transported or offered hazardous waste for transportation without having received an EPA identification number;

  • Ensure transporters had received an EPA identification number prior to offering hazardous waste for transport;

  • Comply with the requirements set forth in 15A NCAC 13A .0109 prior to storing and/or disposing of hazardous waste; and

  • to have a permit to store and/or dispose of hazardous waste.

$20,000

8/11/2005

12 Valspar Coatings
1647 English Road
High Point, NC 27262
Failed to:
  • perform waste determination;
  • conduct weekly inspections;
  • prevent releases of hazardous waste and close satellite containers of hazardous waste;
  • label or mark with accumulations start dates containers with the words “Hazardous Waste”;
  • provide the required training; to maintain a job title, job description and a written description of the type and amount of both introductory and continuing (site specific) training; and
  • have adequate records that document that personnel involved in hazardous waste management had completed the required training.
$49,900 8/22/2005
13

Premiere Finishing and Coating, LLC.
642 Grooms Road
Reidsville, NC 27320
 

Failed to:

  • Receive an EPA ID number for the management of hazardous waste;

  • Keep closed or label with the words “Hazardous Waste” two satellite accumulation containers and seventy-five to eighty containers in the storage areas;

  • Mark the containers in the storage areas with the initial accumulation date;

  • Transfer waste from leaking containers to containers that were in good condition;

  • Conduct inspections and maintain records of the storage areas;

  • Post the name and telephone number of the emergency coordinator; the location of the fire extinguishers, spill control material, fire alarm and the telephone number of the fire department next to a telephone; and

  • Obtain an extension or apply for and obtain a permit prior to accumulating seventy five to eighty 55-gallon containers of hazardous waste and storing hazardous waste for more than 180 days.

$77,000

9/8/2005

14

Renaissance Glass
2 Renaissance Place, Alexander, NC
 

NCO991302555

Buncombe County

 

Administrative Order on Consent (AOC)
 

Failed to:

  • Make waste determination;

  • Stored Hazardous Waste for a period exceeding 90 days in a non-permitted location; and

  • Operated as a hazardous waste storage facility without applying for and obtaining a permit.
     

$8,000 and a fee invoice of $1325.00

 

AOC signed on 9/9/2005

15

Coast Guard Group Fort Macon

End of Fort Macon Rd. Atlantic Beach, NC
NC 5 690 308 262.
Carteret County

Failed to pay annual fees as a large quantity generator of hazardous waste

 

$440

(including invoice $125)

9/30/05

16

NWL Transformers, Inc.

PO Box 97 Snow Hill, NC

NCD 986 216 455
Greene County

Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

 

$440

(including invoice $125)

9/30/05

17

QVC Rocky Mount, Inc.

100 QVC Blvd., Rocky Mount,

NCR 000 137 166
Nash County

Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

 

$440

(including invoice $125)

9/30/05

18

Plasticard Locktech International

99 Pond Rd., Asheville, NC

 

NCD 066 294 216

Bumcombe County,

Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

 

$440

(including invoice $125)

9/30/05

19 Courtesy Ford Inc.
1310 Road St
Elizabeth City, NC
NCD 981 861 776
Pasquotank County
Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

$ 440.00

(invoice $125)

9/30/05
20 Buchanan & Young, Inc.
713 East Main Street, Burnsville, NC
NCD 986 229 169
Yancey County
Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

$ 440.00

(invoice $125)

9/30/05
21 BMI South
4541 Preslyn Dr.
Raleigh, NC
NCR 000 011 809
Wake County
Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

$ 440.00

(invoice $125)

9/30/05
22 Bace Motor Sports Inc.
117 Loma Hill CT
Mooresville, NC
NCR 000 007 500
Iredell County
Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

$ 440.00

(invoice $125)

9/30/05
23

BFI
5105 Morehead Road
Concord, NC 28027

NCD 986 214 880
Docket # 2005-151

  • Transported hazardous waste without having received an EPA identification number;

  • Accepted hazardous waste from a generator that was not accompanied by a manifest signed for the transportation of a hazardous waste;

  • Disposed of hazardous waste and did not comply with any of the requirements;

  • Operated a hazardous waste disposal facility without applying for and obtaining a permit.

$22,500

10/4/05

24 RVL Printed Labels, LLC
170 Marble Rd.
Statesville, NC 28625
NCR 000 135 491
Docket # 2006-001
Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

$ 440.00

(invoice $125)

10/7/05
25 Southern Devices-River Plt.
8116 NC Hwy 163
West Jefferson, NC 27405
NCD 986 230 464
Docket # 2006-003
Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

$ 440.00

(invoice $125)

10/7/05
26 Thomasville GM Superstore
1025 National Hwy
Thomasville, NC 27360
NCD 981 924 467
Docket # 2006-006
Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

$ 440.00

(invoice $125)

10/7/05
27

Flanders Filters, Inc.

531 Flanders Filters Rd.

Washington, NC 27889

NCD 045 922 986

Docket # 2006-014

Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

$ 440.00

(invoice $125)

10/7/05
28

Scott Anderson (Macon County Greenway Bridge Project)

RR 2, Box 63-C

Robbinsvilee, NC 22877

NCS 000 000 426

Docket # 2003-113-B

 

Administrative Order on Consent (AOC)

Facility failed to determine if waste was Hazardous Wastes $1,650 AOC signed on 10/24/2005 with penalty amount of $1,650
29 The Presbyterian Hospital
200 Hawthorne Lane
Charlotte, North Carolina
NCD 074 517 517
 
Failed to:
  • make a waste determination on waste fluorescent lamps;
  • offer hazardous waste fluorescent lamps to a transporter that had received an EPA ID#
  •  prepare a hazardous waste manifest or determine if their hazardous waste needed to be treated before it was land disposed
$22,500 10/31/2005
30 Johnson’s Worldwide Automotive
1501 Brookford Rd
Kernersville, NC
NCD 982 120 636 Pasquotank County
Failed to pay annual fees as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste

$440

(invoice $125)

 

11/10/05
31 Laboratory Corporation of America
1904 Alexander Drive
Durham, NC 27709

NCR 000 005 249
Durham County

Failed to:

  • store hazardous waste in a manner which would not cause a container to break;

  • mark containers with the words “Hazardous Waste”;

  •  mark hazardous waste containers with the initial accumulation date;
    conduct weekly inspections in the storage areas;

  • have current job descriptions for the hazardous waste handlers that describe the hazardous waste duties assigned to each position;

  • to submit the Biennial Report for hazardous waste generated in 2003

  • stored  small amount of hazardous waste for over 90 days; and

  • apply for and obtain a permit prior to operating a hazardous waste storage facility.

Short Order

$3,641

 

11/17/05
32 Freightliner, LLC
1800 North Main St.
Mt. Holly, NC 28120
NCD 091 245 498
Docket # 05-132

Administrative Order on Consent (AOC)
  • Offered or allowed hazardous waste to be transported illegally
  • Failed to prepare a hazardous waste manifest to transport hazardous waste

 

$20,000 AOC signed on 11/30/05
33

UNC-G
1000 Spring Garden Street, Greensboro, NC

 

Guilford County
 

NCD 077 836 088
Docket # 2005-166

 

Failed to:

  • perform HW determination:

  • mark two satellite accumulation containers with the words “hazardous waste” or with other words that identify their contents:

  • keep a container holding hazardous waste closed:  conduct weekly inspections of the hazardous waste area for the last three years:

  • date the accumulation date on each HW container;

  • label HW containers with the words “Hazardous Waste”:

  • clean up spills of hazardous waste;

  • accumulated eighteen (18) containers of hazardous waste on-site for longer than 270 days without being granted an extension; and

  • stored HW for more than 270 days, facility was operating as a hazardous waste storage facility without applying for and obtaining a permit

$27,000 12/1/05

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