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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-409

NOTICES

ENVIRONMENTAL
HEARING BOARD

REMAC USA, Inc. (formerly Eastern Chemical Waste Systems, Inc.) v. DEP; EHB Doc. No. 92-288-MG

[26 Pa.B. 1189]

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and REMAC USA, Inc. (RUI), formerly Eastern Chemical Waste Systems, Inc. (ECWSI) have agreed to a settlement of the above matter. ECWSI held a Department license for the transportation of hazardous wastes, and had a ''hub'' facility in Falls Township, Bucks County, PA (the site). On July 2, 1992, the Department issued to ECWSI an Order under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§ 6018.101--6018.1003) (SWMA), The Clean Streams Law (36 P. S. §§ 691.1--691.1001) (CSL), and the section 1917-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-17) (Administrative Code). The Order alleged that ECWSI had engaged in unpermitted processing, storage and/or disposal of municipal and residual waste at the site, and had caused and/or threatened to cause contamination of groundwater and/or soil at the site, in violation of the CSL and the Code. The Order required ECWSI to cease the unpermitted solid waste management activities, cause an investigation of existing and potential soil and water contamination at the site and implement a Department-approved cleanup plan at the site. ECWSI appealed the Order to the Environmental Hearing Board (the Board).

   The parties have agreed upon a Consent Assessment and Adjudication (COA) to settle ECWSI/RUI's appeal from the Order. The major provisions of the settlement are: RUI represents that it has carried out a Department-approved site cleanup plan: RUI will pay to the Solid Waste Abatement Fund $18,000 in reimbursement of actual Department costs incurred in pursuing this action; RUI will not contest as to the Department the assertions of the COA.

   Copies of the full settlement are in the hands of:

   Timothy Bergere, Esquire, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Three Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19102, (215) 665-7431;

   Gary Bonk, General Counsel, REMAC USA, Inc., 1010 Wayne Avenue, Eighth Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (800) 654-9967;

   Kenneth A. Gelburd, Assistant Counsel, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Chief Counsel--Southeast Region, Lee Park--555 North Lane--Suite 6015, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2233, (610) 832-6300;

and at the office of the Environmental Hearing Board and may be reviewed by any interested party on request during normal business hours.

   Persons who are aggrieved by the above settlement may have the right of an appeal to the Environmental Hearing Board, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Second Floor, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.

   Appeals must be filed within 20 days of this publication.

   The Environmental Hearing Board is empowered to approve this if no objection is timely made.

   If information concerning this notice is required in an alternative form, contact the Secretary to the Board at (717) 783-3483. TDD users may telephone the Board through the AT&T Pennsylvania Relay Center at 1 (800) 654-5984.

GEORGE J. MILLER,   
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-409. Filed for public inspection March 15, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]


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