EXAMPLE:
In an actual case from Florida Department of Environmental Protection, an aviation
repair facility had potential fines up to $13,000 and $100 per day for each day they fail
to timely comply with the hazardous waste violations. The following is a list of their
costly violations:
· Failure to notify as a hazardous waste generator.
· Failure to label all hazardous waste containers with accumulation start dates and the
words “hazardous waste.”
· Failure to keep all containers holding hazardous waste closed at all times (i.e.,
except when actually adding or removing waste).
· Failure to perform a hazardous waste determination on spent rags contaminated
with listed waste.
· Failure to use the manifest system for off-site removal of hazardous waste.
· Failure to maintain inspection logs for hazardous waste containers.
· Allowed hazardous waste to be taken off-site without utilizing a Land Disposal
Certification/Notification.