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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Systech Environmental Corp. (“STC”) entered into a February 22nd Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing the federal/Kansas hazardous waste regulations. See Docket No. RCRA-07-2024-0004.
The CAFO provides that SEC owns and operates a facility in Fredonia, Kansas.
The facility is described as a:
- Large quantity generator of hazardous waste.
- Used oil generator.
- Small quantity handler of hazardous waste.
- RCRA permitted treatment, storage, disposal facility.
The facility is stated to hold a hazardous waste management facility permit from the state of Kansas.
An EPA inspector is stated to have conducted a RCRA compliance evaluation inspection (“inspection”) at the facility in October 25 and 26, 2022.
The inspection allegedly identified the following violations:
- Failure to store hazardous waste in a container.
- Failure to fully close level 1 containers/broken closure straps.
- Failure to control air emissions.
- Operating as a treatment, storage, or disposal facility without a RCRA permit or RCRA interim status.
- Failure to document universal waste accumulation time.
STC neither admits nor denies the specific factual allegations in the CAFO.
The CAFO assesses a civil penalty of $98,513.
A copy of the CAFO can be downloaded here.
