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Suzanne Custons

Environmental and Safety Enforcement November 2016 – February 2017


Baron Environmental Associates likes to keep up-to-date on current enforcements that render the highest penalties within the region we serve:

Jersey City Medical Center NJ – Serious injury - $174,593

Central Transport (various states) – Defective forklifts - $165,400

Vineland NJ – TCPA - $149,037

Other recent agency action includes:

OSHA Penalties

Date, Company, State, Penalty, Program

12/22, Sigma Stretch Film, NJ, $26,190, Guarding, Lockout

12/27, Deltech Resin, NJ, $69,840, Process safety management

12/1, Foundations Behavioral Health, PA, $36,701, Complaint, workplace violence

12/7, Central Transport, 26 states, $165,400, Defective forklift use

12/12, Moutainaire Farms, DE, $39,762, Serious injury

12/14, Hudson Furniture, NJ, $29,932, Electrical, forklifts

12/15, Star Laundry, NJ, $91,911, Complaint, Electrical, Struck by hazards

12/21, Jersey City Medical Center, NJ, $174,593, Serious injury, LOTO

1/3/17, Perfume Worldwide, NY, $28,683, Forklift referral

1/4, County Concrete Corp, NJ, $88,544, Follow up, silica

1/11, Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital, NY, $32,158, Complaint, workplace violence

1/24/17, Hilltop Slate, NY, $95,403, PPE, guarding, electrical

1/24/17, Ronpack, NJ, $25,350, LOTO, guarding

1/25/17, Vertex Holdings, NJ, $33,718, Guarding, electrical, hazcom

1/29/17, Transportation & Transit, NY, $129,696, Toxics, electrical, guarding

1/30/17, S. Jersey Ice & Cold Storage, NJ, $27,791, Guarding, hazcom referral

EPA Penalties

Date, Company, State, Penalty, Program

11/1, Langer Transport, NJ, $120,860 RCRA

1/4/17, Carl’s Pasta, CT, $78,184, CAA – RMP

1/5/17, Redland Brick, CT, $11,246, EPCRA

* Due to the current restrictions on communications with the press at EPA, no data is available since 1/20/17.

NJDEP Penalties over $10,000

Date, County, Town, Penalty, Program

11/18, Atlantic, Egg Harbor, $14,000, Air, Stack testing & emission exceedance

12/5, Hudson, Hoboken, $52,500, Stormwater DMR exceedance

12/6/16, Bergen, Moonachie, $12,600, DPCC emergency response, training

12/7, Gloucester, W. Deptford, $136,500, Air, operating conditions

12/28, Somerset, Rocky Hill, $13,500, Hazardous waste labeling, contingency plan

12/29, Camden, Pennsauken, $12,878, Universal waste labeling

1/3/17, Cumberland, Millville, $30,000. Air, Stack testing

1/10/17, Cumberland, Vineland, $143,037, TCPA no notification

1/17/17, Union, Rahway, $15,300, Air, emission exceedance

1/19/17, Gloucester, Logan Twp., $21,000, Air, Control device operation

1/24/17, Passaic, Paterson, $50,448, Stormwater failure to perform monitoring

1/31/17, Passaic, Paterson, $13,650, Hazardous waste training, contingency plan

2/3/17, Camden, Gloucester, $30,000, Air, no permits

In addition, NJDEP has issued over 100 more violations between November 24th and February 10th of this year ranging from $125 - $10,000 each that are not shown above.

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