United Parcel Service to Pay $53,931 Civil Penalty to Settle Alleged Violations of Waste Regulations at Lenexa, Kan. - EPA
United Parcel Service has agreed to pay a $53,931 civil penalty to EPA Region 7 to settle a series of alleged violations of federal laws regarding the management of hazardous wastes at its freight facility in Lenexa, Kan.
According to a consent agreement and final order filed today in Kansas City, Kan., several violations of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) were noted during a February 2007 inspection of the UPS facility at 14650 West Santa Fe Trail Drive, in Lenexa.
UPS generates hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste at its Lenexa location as a result of ordinary breakage, leakage and spillage from the approximate 400,000 packages that are handled at the facility each day, the agreement says.
United Parcel Service has agreed to pay a $53,931 civil penalty to EPA Region 7 to settle a series of alleged violations of federal laws regarding the management of hazardous wastes at its freight facility in Lenexa, Kan.
According to a consent agreement and final order filed today in Kansas City, Kan., several violations of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) were noted during a February 2007 inspection of the UPS facility at 14650 West Santa Fe Trail Drive, in Lenexa.
UPS generates hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste at its Lenexa location as a result of ordinary breakage, leakage and spillage from the approximate 400,000 packages that are handled at the facility each day, the agreement says.
