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Case # 2019-26523-H |
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Harcourt Industries, Inc., |
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Respondent. |
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AGREED ORDER
Complainant and Respondent desire to settle and
compromise this action without hearing or adjudication of any issue of fact or
law, and consent to the entry of the following Findings of Fact and Order. Pursuant
to Indiana Code (“IC”) 13-30-3-3, entry into the terms of this Agreed Order
does not constitute an admission of any violation contained herein. Respondent’s
entry into this Agreed Order shall not constitute a waiver of any defense,
legal or equitable, which Respondent may have in any future administrative or
judicial proceeding, except a proceeding to enforce this order.
I.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1.
Complainant is
the Commissioner (“Complainant”) of the Indiana Department of Environmental
Management (“IDEM”), a department of the State of Indiana created by Indiana
Code (“IC”) 13-13-1-1.
2.
Respondent is Harcourt Industries, Inc.
(“Respondent”), which owns the facility with United States Environmental
Protection Agency (“EPA”) ID No. IND016523367, located at 7765 South 175 West
in Milroy, Rush County, Indiana (“Site”).
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IDEM has
jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter of this action.
4.
Pursuant to IC
13-30-3-3, on January 9, 2020, IDEM issued a Notice of Violation (“NOV”) to:
Jean Ann Harcourt |
Cogency Global Inc., Registered Agent |
President and CEO |
for Harcourt Industries, Inc. 9221 |
Harcourt Industries, Inc. |
Indianapolis, Indiana 46234 |
7765 South 175 West |
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P.O. Box 128 |
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Milroy, Indiana 46156 |
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5. A Violation Letter was
issued to Respondent on July 10, 2019 stating that IDEM had not yet received
Respondent’s 2018 annual manifest report and requiring that it be submitted by
July 26, 2019. To date, no response has been received.
6. During an investigation
conducted by a representative of IDEM, the following violation was found:
a. Pursuant to IC
13-22-4-3.1(b), an SQG, i.e., a person that generates, in any one or more
calendar months of a calendar year:
a) more
than one hundred (100) kilograms but less than one thousand (1,000) kilograms
of hazardous waste;
b) less
than one (1) kilogram of acute hazardous waste; or
c) less
than one hundred (100) kilograms of material from the cleanup spillage of acute
hazardous waste; or
accumulates
at least one thousand (1,000) kilograms of hazardous waste or less than one (1)
kilogram of acute hazardous waste shall, before March 1 of each year, submit to
the department on forms provided by the department, a report that summarizes
the person's hazardous waste shipments during the previous calendar year.
Respondent
most recently notified the EPA and IDEM of Small Quantity Generator (“SQG”)
activities on January 5, 2018. IDEM has no indication that Respondent ceased
SQG activities at the Site in 2018, and thus believes that Respondent was
required to submit a 2018 annual manifest report by March 1, 2019.
A review
of IDEM records pertaining to the Site revealed that Respondent had not
submitted a 2018 annual manifest report.
Respondent
submitted the 2018 annual manifest report on February 5, 2020.
7. Orders of the
Commissioner are subject to administrative review by the Office of
Environmental Adjudication under IC 4-21.5; however, in recognition of the
settlement reached, Respondent acknowledges notice of this right and waives any
right to administrative and judicial review of this Agreed Order.
II. ORDER
1.
This Agreed
Order shall be effective (“Effective Date”) when it is approved by Complainant or
Complainant’s delegate, and has been received by Respondent. This Agreed Order
shall have no force or effect until the Effective Date.
2.
Respondent is assessed and agrees to pay a
civil penalty of Two Thousand and Sixty-Two Dollars ($2,062). Said
penalty amount shall be due and payable to the “Environmental Management
Special Fund” in eighteen (18) consecutive monthly installments. Seventeen monthly payments shall be One
Hundred and Fourteen Dollars ($114) each and one (1) monthly installment
payment shall be One Hundred and Seven Dollars ($107). The first installment shall be due within
thirty (30) days of the Effective Date and the remaining installment payments
shall be made every 30 days thereafter.
Interest shall accrue on unpaid amounts at the rate established by IC
24-4.6-1-101.
3. Civil penalties are
payable by check to the “Environmental Management Special Fund.” Checks shall include the Case Number of this
action and shall be mailed to:
Indiana
Department of Environmental Management |
Accounts
Receivable |
IGCN,
Room 1340 |
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North Senate Avenue |
Indianapolis,
IN 46204 |
4. In the event that the
monies due to IDEM pursuant to this Agreed Order are not paid on or before
their Due Date, Respondent shall pay interest on the unpaid balance at the rate
established by IC 24-4.6-1. The interest shall be computed as having accrued
from the Due Date until the date that Respondent pays any unpaid balance. Such
interest shall be payable to the “Environmental Management Special Fund,” and
shall be payable to IDEM in the manner specified in Paragraph 8 above.
5. Signatories to this
Agreed Order certify that they are fully authorized to execute this Agreed
Order and legally bind the party they represent.
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This Agreed
Order shall apply to and be binding upon Respondent and all successors and
assigns. Respondent shall provide a copy of this Agreed Order, if in force, to
any subsequent owners, successors, or assigns before ownership rights are
transferred.
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No change in
ownership, corporate, or partnership status of Respondent shall in any way
alter the Respondent’s status or
responsibilities under this Agreed Order.
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Respondent shall
ensure that all contractors, firms, and other persons performing work under
this Agreed Order comply with the terms of this Agreed Order.
9.
In the event
that any terms of this Agreed Order are found to be invalid, the remaining
terms shall remain in full force and effect and shall be construed and enforced
as if this Agreed Order did not contain the invalid terms.
10.
This Agreed
Order is not and shall not be interpreted to be a permit or a modification of
an existing permit. This Agreed Order, and IDEM’s review or approval of any
submittal made by Respondent pursuant to this Agreed Order, shall not in any
way relieve Respondent of the obligation to comply with the requirements of any
applicable permits or any applicable Federal or State laws or regulations.
11.
Complainant does
not, by its approval of this Agreed Order, warrant or aver in any manner that
Respondent’s compliance with any aspect of this Agreed Order will result in
compliance with the provisions of any permit, order, or any applicable Federal
or State law or regulation. Additionally, IDEM or anyone acting on its behalf
shall not be held liable for any costs or penalties Respondent may incur as a
result of Respondent’s efforts to
comply with this Agreed Order.
12.
Nothing in this
Agreed Order shall prevent or limit IDEM’s rights to obtain penalties or
injunctive relief under any applicable Federal or State law or regulation,
except that IDEM may not, and hereby waives its right to, seek additional civil
penalties for the violation specified in the NOV.
13.
Nothing in this
Agreed Order shall prevent IDEM or anyone acting on its behalf from
communicating with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) or any
other agency or entity about any matters relating to this enforcement action.
IDEM or anyone acting on its behalf shall not be held liable for any costs or
penalties Respondent may incur as a result of such communications with the U.S.
EPA or any other agency or entity.
14.
This Agreed
Order shall remain in effect until IDEM issues a Resolution of Case letter to
Respondent.
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By:________________________ |
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Linda
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Date: ______________________ |
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE INDIANA
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For the Commissioner: |
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Signed
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Peggy Dorsey, Assistant Commissioner |
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