York County
Company Settles Hazardous Waste Violations
at its Glen
Rock, Pa. Manufacturing Facility
PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 2, 2012) --
Bimax, Inc. has agreed to pay a $36,455 penalty to settle alleged violations of
hazardous waste regulations at its chemical manufacturing facility, located at
158 Industrial Road in Glen Rock, Pa., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
announced today. As part of the settlement, Bimax has also agreed to spend
$305,000 to install a system that will eliminate 99 percent of the hazardous
pollutants emitted from the facility.
Following a March 2011 compliance inspection at
Bimax, EPA noted hazardous waste, including solvents, that was improperly stored
in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the federal
law governing the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. RCRA is
designed to protect public health and the environment, and avoid costly
cleanups, by requiring the safe, environmentally sound storage and disposal of
hazardous waste.
The alleged violations included operating a
treatment, storage or disposal facility without a permit, failure to determine
if the waste was hazardous, failure to obtain required certification from a
qualified professional engineer attesting that the facility's tank system has
sufficient structural integrity for the storage of hazardous waste, failure to
monitor pump leaks weekly, and failure to monitor valves for air emission
leaks.
By completing the supplemental environment
project valued at $305,000, Bimax exceeds the requirements of federal and state
environmental regulations. The company will install and operate a thermal
oxidizer as part of its existing air pollution control system at the Glen Rock
facility that is designed to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds and
hazardous air pollutants by 99 percent.
The settlement penalty reflects the company's
compliance efforts, and its cooperation with EPA in the investigation and
resolution of this matter. As part of the settlement, Bimax has
neither admitted nor denied liability for the alleged violations, but has
certified its compliance with applicable RCRA requirements.
For more information about hazardous waste and RCRA, visit
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/index.htm.
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