Environmental enforcement A federal settlement describes uncontainerized chrome waste, open and unlabeled hazardous-waste containers, and training failures at the company’s Lincoln, Nebraska, aircraft facility. EPA Region 7 · Final order filed August 5, 2026 · Docket RCRA-07-2026-0214 Hazardous waste TL;DR…
Environmental enforcement At a Pennsylvania commercial laundry, recovered solvents moved through pumps, valves and pipes into a 6,000-gallon tank. EPA’s settlement says required inspections, equipment identification and leak monitoring repeatedly failed to follow that waste stream. Source: U.S. EPA Region…
TL;DR A Richmond, Virginia chrome-plating shop had a metal dust collection bag tear open, releasing chromium-bearing dust straight into the soil outside the building, and inspectors found the ground visibly discolored underneath it. Federal inspectors found masking tape and gloves…
Trivium Packaging Operated Hazardous Waste Facility Illegally While Ignitable Chemicals Spilled Across Factory Floors TL;DR Trivium Packaging USA, Inc. operated its Roanoke, Virginia metal packaging facility as a large quantity generator of hazardous waste without a required permit from July…
TL;DR Aurorium Zeeland, LLC operated a hazardous waste facility in Michigan without a required RCRA license or interim status from at least 2022 through June 2023. EPA inspection in June 2023 documented Tank System 23-TK-1101 operating with no design assessment,…
TL;DR ChromaScape LLC, a South Carolina manufacturer of colorants and additives, settled with the EPA for $105,207 after a 2025 inspection uncovered systematic hazardous waste violations spanning five years. Inspectors found solvent-contaminated wipes stored illegally since June 29, 2020, violating…
TL;DR Industrial Chrome, Inc. operated a 100,000-square-foot metal plating facility in Topeka, Kansas, exposing 54 workers to carcinogenic hexavalent chromium waste stored in cracked drums, unlabeled buckets, and containers sealed with plywood. EPA inspectors found chrome plating sludge spread across…
EvilCorporations.com | Environmental Accountability Desk Toxic and Unpermitted Sherwin-Williams’ California subsidiary spent years pumping ignitable, solvent-laden hazardous waste into cracked tanks with no leak detection, no proper permits, and no honest paperwork — then shipped it to regular landfills and…
Environmental Enforcement Report — Forest Grove, Oregon A $20,000 Permission Slip to Poison Your Workers Source: EPA Docket No. RCRA-10-2025-0070 — Filed June 9, 2025 TL;DR Westak of Oregon, an electroplating facility in Forest Grove, Oregon, racked up 11 separate…