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Canton, OH – September 22, 2006
Delta Plating, Inc., doing business as Olymco Incorporated, will improve its hazardous waste management practices and pay a $53,000 penalty to settle hazardous waste violations at its facility located at 2125 Harrison Avenue S.W. in Canton.
During repeated facility inspections, Ohio EPA found numerous violations of Ohio’s hazardous waste laws including storing and disposing of hazardous waste without a permit and failing to meet hazardous waste tank standards.
Olymco performs nickel and chrome electroplating services for the aeronautical, appliance and architectural industries and generates hazardous wastes including spent plating bath solutions and wastewater treatment plant sludge.
The company has 60 days to correct violations related to managing hazardous waste sludge.
The civil penalty includes $42,400 to Ohio’s hazardous waste cleanup fund and $10,600 to Ohio EPA’s clean diesel school bus program.
