RCRA Violations

U.S. EPA Fines U.S. Pipe Company for Hazardous Waste Violations

“Baghouse dust” improperly managed, posed threat to worker safety SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Union City, Calif.-based United States Pipe and Foundry Company (U.S. Pipe) $158,000 for improperly managing “baghouse dust,” a hazardous waste containing…

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., in St. Joseph, Mo., to Pay Penalty and Build New Hazardous Waste Facility for Mercury Violations

Release Date: 09/24/2012 Contact Information: Ben Washburn, 913-551-7364, washburn.ben@epa.gov (Kansas City, Kan., Sept. 24, 2012) – Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., a veterinary health products company, has agreed to pay a $68,475 civil penalty to the United States to settle a…

EPA Fines U.S. Virgin Islands Health Department for Long Term Mismanagement of Chemicals and Pesticides; Decaying and Mislabeled Containers Found at Two Facilities

(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health violated federal law governing the handling and storage of hazardous waste at two of its facilities and has fined the agency $68,000…