Dana Railcare, the owner and operator of a railcar cleaning and refurbishing facility in Wilmington, will pay a $12,000 penalty to settle alleged hazardous waste storage violations of regulations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
EPA claimed the company was violating federal and state safeguards governing the storage of hazardous waste.
State and federal laws require the safe, environmentally sound storage and disposal of hazardous waste, an EPA release stated.
The hazardous wastes, which were generated at the facility from the cleaning of railcars, included benzene, vinyl acetate and waste solvent. Alleged violations focused on how the materials were stored, and included failure to ship wastes offsite in a timely manner, failure to maintain proper records, and failure to maintain an adequate contingency plan, the release stated.
As part of the settlement, the company did not admit liability but has certified that it is now in compliance with the requirements cited by EPA.
Dana is a New Jersey-based company that in addition to railcar cleaning and maintenance offers trucking services for bulk materials.
