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9/21/2004: ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT ORDER WITH PENALTY AND NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE ACOP-SE-04-7003
Mass DEP Cover Letter Belcher-ACOP-Signed-9-22-2004amendCover-rr.pdf Mass DEP ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT ORDER WITH PENALTY AND NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE ACOP-SE-04-7003 Belcher-ACOPattachment9-22-2004-rr.pdf |
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9/19/2002: Advanced Cast Products/Belcher Corporation,
Easton, finalized an ACOP of $4,000 for exceeding hazardous waste
accumulation limits and for an opacity violation from the facility's
overhead doors. The company has corrected the hazardous waste violation and
will be submitting a plan to address dust and opacity. |
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02/07/2003 Advanced Cast
Products/Belcher Corporation of Easton will pay a $4,000 civil administrative
penalty for violating state hazardous waste and air pollution control
regulations. The penalty is part of a negotiated settlement with the Department
of Environmental Protection (DEP). Advanced Cast
Products/Belcher Corporation is a malleable iron foundry, located at 558
Foundry Street. An inspection of the Easton
facility revealed hazardous waste violations, including improper labeling and
storage of hazardous material. Review of the records for the past three years
indicated that the company had been exceeding the accumulation limits of waste
oil allowed under its registration as a Small Quantity Generator (SQG) of waste
oil. The company has since submitted a change of status to a Large Quantity
Generator (LQG) of waste oil. Advanced Cast
Products/Belcher Corporation has also been cited for dust and smoke problems at
the site, and may need to install air pollution control equipment. "It is important that
a company meet all hazardous waste requirements," said Paul Taurasi,
director of DEP's Southeast Regional Office. "DEP will continue to utilize
its routine inspection program to insure that companies protect the safety of
their own environment, as well as that of the surrounding community." |
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12/18/03: An Administrative Consent Order signed on
10/19/02 with Belcher Corporation in South Easton contained a $58,000
Stipulated Penalty if it failed to correct air quality violations. Of
these stipulated penalties, $12,000 is now payable by 4/1/04 for Belcher's
failure to complete the work identified in the 2002 Action Plan. The remaining
$46,000 will be suspended, provided Belcher fully complies on schedule with the
terms and conditions of the Consent Order. |