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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Systech Environmental Corp. (“STC”) entered into a February 22nd Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing the federal/Kansas hazardous waste regulations. See Docket No. RCRA-07-2024-0004.

The CAFO provides that SEC owns and operates a facility in Fredonia, Kansas.

The facility is described as a:

• Large quantity generator of hazardous waste.
• Used oil generator.
• Small quantity handler of hazardous waste.
• RCRA permitted treatment, storage, disposal facility.

The facility is stated to hold a hazardous waste management facility permit from the state of Kansas.

An EPA inspector is stated to have conducted a RCRA compliance evaluation inspection (“inspection”) at the facility in October 25 and 26, 2022.

The inspection allegedly identified the following violations:

• Failure to store hazardous waste in a container.
• Failure to fully close level 1 containers/broken closure straps.
• Failure to control air emissions.
• Operating as a treatment, storage, or disposal facility without a RCRA permit or RCRA interim status.
• Failure to document universal waste accumulation time.

STC neither admits nor denies the specific factual allegations in the CAFO.

The CAFO assesses a civil penalty of $98,513.

A copy of the CAFO can be downloaded here.