North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Hazardous Waste Section
Civil Penalty Assessments
2006

#

Name

Violation

Penalty Amount Date Issued
1 American Emergency Vehicles
165 American Way
Jefferson, NC 28640


NCR 000 008 920
Docket # 2005-198
 

Failed to:

  • receive an EPA identification number as a transporter;

  • prepare a manifest to transport hazardous waste;

  • close containers holding hazardous waste;

  • label containers with the words "Hazardous Waste":

  • in the event of a spill to contain the flow of hazardous waste to the extent possible;

  • determine the treatment requirement of hazardous waste prior to being land disposed; and

  • Did not contain fluorescent tubes properly.

33,633 1/4/06
2

The Paint Shop
6657 Raeford Rd.
Fayetteville, NC 28306
Cumberland County,

North Carolina


NCR 000 012 351

Failed to pay Small Quantity Generators Fees 440.00 in penalty and 125.00 in fee 3/3/06
3

Sterns Chrysler Jeep, Inc.
327 Auto Park Dr.
Graham, NC 27253
Alamance County,

North Carolina


NCD 986 228 252

 

Failed to pay Small Quantity Generators Fees 440.00 in penalty and 125.00 in fee 3/3/06
4 Glam-O-Rama
5701 Yadkin Rd., Fayetteville
Cumberland County,
North Carolina

NCD 981 027 725

Failed to pay Small Quantity Generators Fees

440.00 in penalty and 125.00 in fee 3/21/2006
5 Piedmont Chemical Industries I, LLC.
331 Burton Street, High, Guilford County
Point, North Carolina.

NCD 003 215 779
 

Failed to:

  • perform some weekly inspections;

  • have a job title, a written job description, a written description of the type and amount of introductory and continuing;

  • maintain training records for an employee who had hazardous waste management duties;

  • list in the contingency plan, the capabilities of the emergency equipment, describe evacuation routes;

  • redistribute to local emergency authorities an updated contingency plan;

  • file an exception report for a manifest; and

  • place in containers, universal waste lamps and the facility failed to properly label the universal waste lamps and batteries.

$9,607.50 3/21/06
6 EQ
1005 Investment Blvd., Apex,
Wake County
North Carolina

NCD 982 170 292

 

Failed to:

  • maintain and operate the facility to minimize the possibility of a sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste constituents to air, soil or surface water which could threaten human health or the environment;

  • immediately carry out the provisions of the contingency plan whenever there is a  release of hazardous waste or constituents which threatens or could threaten human health or the environment;

  • not store a container of hazardous waste that is incompatible with any waste or material stored;

  • complete inspection log book and place in designated log-book area;

  • maintain aisle space of 24 inches; and

  • clearly mark to identify container contents and the date each period of accumulation begins.

$32,000.00 3/31/06
7 SMT, Inc.
7300 ACC Blvd.
Raleigh ,NC

NCD 986 189 785
Wake County

Failed to:

  • make Waste Determination

  • waste paint related material was left on outside of container

  • container not closed

  • label containers with words “Hazardous Waste” or with other words that identify the contents.

  • keep records of weekly inspections.

  •  keep date upon which each period of accumulation begins

  • to maintain and operate to minimize the possibility of a fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste

  • provide access to an internal alarm or emergency communication device

  • post the locations of the fire extinguishers, spill control material and fire alarm next to the telephone.

  • Close container being used to accumulate universal waste lamps

  • Label containers being used at the facility to accumulate universal waste lamps with

  • demonstrate the length of time that the universal waste lamps had been accumulated

  • Properly label containers of used oil with the words “Used Oil”.

$16,371.00 5/22/06
8 Quick Way Cleaners
2641 Kings Mountain Hwy
Gastonia, NC 28052

NCD 982 086 613
Docket # 2006-061

Failed to pay Small Quantity Generators Fees

440.00 in penalty and 125.00 in fee 6/2/06
9 Ashland Inc. d/b/a Ashland Distribution Company
3930 Glenwood Drive
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County ,NC 28208

NCD 061 263 315
Docket # 2006-055

Stored incompatibles in the same containment area containers containing various waste acids adjacent to containers containing sodium hydroxide solution that were not separated by a dike, berm, or other device

$12,100.00 6/5/06
10 Danaher/ Dynapar
2100 West Broad Street, Elizabethtown, Bladen County

NCD 041 466 251
Docket # 2006-089
Failed to:
  • provide annual training for the alternate emergency coordinators
  • include evacuation routes in the emergency contingency plan
  • submit copy of the emergency contingency plan to the local police and hospital
  • maintain the semi-annual groundwater monitoring report for July 2005
  • manage two universal waste lamps to prevent releases, and
  • properly label two containers of used oil with the words “Used Oil”.
$12,183 8/14/06
11 James Worley
111 Anthony Street, Waynesville, Haywood County

NCR 000 137 182
Docket # 2006-134
  • stored two D018 hazardous waste containers for greater than 90 days, and

  • operated  a hazardous waste storage facility without applying for and obtaining a permit

$25,000 8/21/06
12 Carolina Analytical Services, LLC
7570 NC Hwy. 902
Bear Creek, NC 27207

NCP 011 706 003
Chatham County
Carolina Analytical Services, LLC:
  • offered hazardous waste to and shipped hazardous waste by a transporter that had not received an EPA identification number; and
  • offered hazardous waste to and disposed of hazardous waste at a facility that had not received an EPA identification number and was not permitted as a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility;
$11,000.00 10/19/06
13 Ralph's Cleaners
401 1st Street West
Conover, NC 28613

NCD 981 748 528
Docket # 2007-005

Failed to pay Small Quantity Generators Fees

440.00 in penalty and 125.00 in fee 11/27/06
14 UNC-Charlotte
Concord, NC 28027
NCD 986 214 880
Failed to:
  • conduct weekly inspections;
  • close Eleven containers;
  • label 8 containers with words “Hazardous Waste” or with other words that identify the contents;
  • close container being used to accumulate universal waste lamps;
  • label containers being used at the facility to accumulate universal waste lamps were not labeled “Universal Waste-Lamps,” or “Waste Lamp(s)” or “Used Lamp(s)”;
  • demonstrate the length of time that the universal waste lamps had been accumulated from the date they became a waste or were received; and
  • properly label 6 5-gallon containers and 1 3-gallon container of used oil with the words “Used Oil”.
$19,633 12/1/06
15 Winston-Salem State University
601 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
200 Blair Hall,
Winston-Salem, NC 27110

NCD 986 216 638
Forsyth County

Failed to:

  • make hazardous waste determinations on numerous containers of chemicals;

  • adequately mark two glass satellite accumulation containers with the words “Hazardous Waste” or with other words that identified the contents of the container; and

  • label or mark one 55-gallon container of used oil with the words “Used Oil.”

$27,000 12/13/06
16 Lowes Home Center
170 Marble Rd.
Statesville, NC 28625
NCR 000 135 491
Failed to:
  • Close one container of Hazardous Waste;
  • conduct weekly inspections of the Central Storage Area
  • label two (2) bags and several small containers with an accumulation start date;
  • label two (2) bags and several small containers with with the words Hazardous Waste;
  • maintain adequate aisle space
  • close one container being used to accumulate universal waste lamps; and
  • label containers being used at the facility to accumulate universal waste lamps were not labeled “Universal Waste-Lamps,” or “Waste Lamp(s)” or “Used Lamp(s)”.
$18,160 12/15/06
17 UNIFI Kinston, LLC USA LTD
4610 Braxton Rd.
Grifton, NC 28530

NCD 986 189 611
 
Failed to pay Large Quantity Generators Fees 440.00 in penalty and 1000.00 in fee 12/15/06

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