Media Contact: Mike Settles
(614) 644-2160
Citizen Contact: Andrea Zacharias
(614) 644-2160
Cleveland, OH – March 30, 2007
Esco Turbine Technologies-Cleveland, Inc., has agreed to pay Ohio EPA a $20,240 penalty to settle hazardous waste violations at its facility located at 34000 Lakeland Boulevard in Eastlake. The company has corrected the violations and now operates in compliance with Ohio’s hazardous waste laws.
During a 2006 facility inspection, an Ohio EPA inspector found Esco violated Ohio’s hazardous waste laws by storing a container of hazardous waste beyond the 90-day limit without a permit.
Other documented violations included failing to: evaluate waste to determine if it was hazardous waste; identify all hazardous waste generated and sent off-site in the annual hazardous waste report; inspect emergency equipment and hazardous waste containers; and complete a personnel training program for handling hazardous waste.
Esco’s casting business produces blades and vanes for jet and industrial gas engines. The manufacturing process generates hazardous wastes including hydrochloric acid, trichloroethylene and washer solvent.
The settlement includes $16,240 to Ohio’s hazardous waste cleanup fund and $4,000 to Ohio EPA’s clean diesel school bus program.
