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AGREED
ORDER
The Complainant and the 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.
I. FINDINGS OF FACT
1.
Complainant is the Commissioner (“Complainant”) of the
Indiana Department of Environmental Management, a department of the State of
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Respondent is Universal Blower Pac, Inc. ("Respondent"),
which owns and operates the facility with U.S. EPA ID No. INR 000 015 636,
located at 440 Park
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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (“IDEM”)
has jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter of this action.
4.
Pursuant to IC 13-30-3-3, IDEM issued a Notice of Violation
via Certified Mail to:
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Ray Feichter, President |
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Michael Antrim, Registered Agent |
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Respondent notified the U.S. EPA and IDEM of Small Quantity
Generator (SQG) activities at the Site on April 17, 1998. IDEM has no indication that Respondent ceased
SQG activities at the Site in 2004, and thus believes that Respondent was
required to submit a 2004 annual manifest report by March 1, 2005.
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IDEM developed annual manifest reporting forms called the ID
Form and the Form OS.
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A Violation Letter was issued to Respondent on May 3, 2005,
stating that IDEM had not yet received Respondent’s 2004 annual manifest report
and requiring that it be submitted within thirty (30) days.
8.
A review of IDEM records pertaining to the Site was
conducted on August 17, 2005, by a representative of IDEM. The following violation was in existence or
observed at the time of this record review:
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:
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more than one hundred (100) kilograms but less than one
thousand (1,000) kilograms of hazardous waste;
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less than one (1) kilogram of acute hazardous waste; or
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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.
As of August 17, 2004, Respondent had not submitted a 2004 annual manifest
report.
9.
In recognition of the settlement reached, Respondent 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 the Complainant or his delegate, and has
been received by the Respondent. This
Agreed Order shall have no force or effect until the Effective Date.
2.
Within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Agreed
Order, Respondent shall submit an annual manifest report for 2004, including
the ID Form and the Form OS. The Form OS
and instructions to the ID Form and Form OS can be obtained from IDEM’s web
site at www.IN.gov/idem/land/hazwaste/manifest/amr.html. Both the Form OS and the ID Form can be
obtained upon request at:
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Facilities Data Analysis Section |
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3.
All submittals required by this Agreed Order, unless
notified otherwise in writing, shall be sent to:
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Lori Colpaert, Enforcement Case Manager |
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Office
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4.
In the event the terms and conditions of the following
paragraphs are violated, the Complainant may assess and the Respondent shall
pay a stipulated penalty in the following amount:
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Failure
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5.
Stipulated penalties shall be due and payable within thirty
(30) days after Respondent receives written notice that the Complainant has
determined a stipulated penalty is due.
Assessment and payment of stipulated penalties shall not preclude the
Complainant from seeking any additional relief against the Respondent for
violation of the Agreed Order. In lieu
of any of the stipulated penalties given above, the Complainant may seek any
other remedies or sanctions available by virtue of Respondent’s violation of
this Agreed Order or Indiana law, including, but not limited to, civil
penalties pursuant to IC 13-30-4.
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Stipulated 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:
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Cashier’s
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7.
This Agreed Order shall apply to and be binding upon the
Respondent, its successors and assigns.
The Respondent's signatories to this Agreed Order certify that they are
fully authorized to execute this document and legally bind the parties they
represent. No change in ownership,
corporate, or partnership status of the Respondent shall in any way alter its
status or responsibilities under this Agreed Order.
8.
In the event that any terms of the 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 the Agreed Order did not contain the invalid
terms.
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The Respondent shall provide a copy of this Agreed Order, if
in force, to any subsequent owners or successors before ownership rights are
transferred. Respondent shall ensure
that all contractors, firms and other persons performing work under this Agreed
Order comply with the terms of this Agreed Order.
10.
This Agreed Order shall remain in effect until IDEM issues a
Resolution of Case letter to Respondent.
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