U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 7
11201 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal
Nations
Behlen Manufacturing Company to Pay $59,996
Civil Penalty for Hazardous Waste Violations in Columbus,
Neb.
Contact Information: Ben Washburn, 913-551-7364, washburn.ben@epa.gov
Environmental News
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
(Lenexa, Kan., Nov. 5,
2012) - Behlen Manufacturing Company, an agricultural and industrial product
manufacturer, has agreed to pay a $59,996 administrative civil penalty to settle
a series of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations in
Columbus, Neb.
In addition to paying
the civil penalty, the company will spend a minimum of $75,578 to install
pollution reducing equipment as part of a supplemental environmental
project.
According to an
administrative consent agreement filed by EPA Region 7 in Kansas City, Kan., EPA
representatives conducted a compliance evaluation inspection at the company’s
Columbus facility in October 2009, and noted several RCRA violations. RCRA
regulates the storage, handling, and labeling of hazardous
waste.
“Behlen Manufacturing
was cooperative throughout the negotiation process,” EPA Region 7 Administrator
Karl Brooks said. “The innovative environmental project that Behlen will
complete will turn wastes into a useful product and is an example of
environmental stewardship for similar companies to
follow.”
The violations at
Behlen Manufacturing included failure to perform a hazardous waste
determination, operating a hazardous waste storage facility without a RCRA
permit, and failure to comply with universal waste
requirements.
By agreeing to the
settlement with EPA, Behlen Manufacturing Company has certified that it is now
in compliance with all requirements of the RCRA regulations.
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