From the ADEQ:
ADEQ Director Steve Owens & Attorney General Terry Goddard announced that Jet Products Co. will pay a $25,000 civil penalty for violations of Arizona's Hazardous Waste Management Act.
In Feb. 2006, ADEQ cited Jet Products for 17 major violations at the company's facility at 2600 W. Quail Ave. in Phoenix, including improperly disposing of waste contaminated with methyl ethyl ketone & chromium as solid waste rather than hazardous waste, failing to perform hazardous waste determinations for those wastes, illegally storing hazardous waste for longer than permitted, failing to perform regular training, & failing to submit required waste manifests to ADEQ.
The violations were discovered by ADEQ inspectors during a compliance inspection of the Jet Products facility in Dec. 2005.
Jet Products coats, paints, tests & assembles aluminum parts for defense, aerospace & aircraft industries at its facility.
In addition to paying the $25,000 penalty, the company also will be required to implement an Environmental Management System (EMS) to ensure that it follows state environmental laws in the future.
"Jet Products' failure to comply with the law put its workers & the community at risk," Director Owens said. "These were serious violations."
"The Attorney General's Office & ADEQ will continue to pursue companies that violate hazardous waste laws," Goddard said. "In this case, Jet Products must not only pay a financial penalty but also implement a program to analyze environmental issues on a companywide basis to keep it fully compliant with the Arizona Hazardous Waste Management Act."
Jet Products' EMS will be monitored by an auditor, who will be determined at a later date. Failure to comply with the consent judgment could lead to additional penalties of $50,000 or more.