ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
P O Box 301463 (Zip 36130-1463)
1400 Coliseum Boulevard (Zip 36110-2400)
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1463
(334) 271-7700

PROPOSED CONSENT ORDER

Account Code: 421

DeKalb County

Pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Environmental Management Act, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is proposing to issue a Consent Order to The Heil Company, Inc. (EPA Identification Number ALD058036054), which operates a refuse truck body manufacturing facility located at 106 45th Street NE in Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama.

The violations consisted of the following: failure to prepare a uniform hazardous waste manifest for each shipment of hazardous waste, offering hazardous waste to a facility that is not a designated facility or otherwise authorized to receive the waste, failure to make a proper waste determination, storage of hazardous waste for greater than 90 days without a permit, failure to conduct weekly inspections of the central hazardous waste accumulation area, failure to post “No Smoking” signs at the central hazardous waste accumulation area, failure to maintain an impervious coating on the floor of the central hazardous waste accumulation area, failure to keep on file an engineer’s assessment of hazardous waste storage tanks, failure to inspect hazardous waste storage tanks at least once each operating day, failure to mark or label containers of hazardous waste with an accumulation start date, failure to mark or label hazardous waste storage tanks with the words “Hazardous Waste” and with the EPA hazardous waste number(s), failure to mark or label hazardous waste storage tanks with an indication of the hazards, failure to prevent unknowing entry to the central hazardous waste accumulation area, failure to provide a contingency plan for review, failure to provide a quick reference guide for review, failure to keep used oil containers closed, and failure to label used oil containers with the words “Used Oil”.

The Department is proposing a civil penalty in the amount of $26,120. The Order, if issued, would require The Heil Company, Inc. to comply with all applicable requirements of Division 14 of the ADEM Administrative Code.

Interested persons may submit written comments, including request for a hearing, within 30 days of the publication date of this notice, to:

Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Attention: Stephen A. Cobb, Chief of the Land Division
P.O. Box 301463
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1463

The comment period shall end at the close of business 30 days from the publication date of this notice. A copy of the proposed order is available on the ADEM web page at http://adem.alabama.gov/compInfo/adminOrders.cnt or may be obtained by written request to the above address. A nominal fee for copying may be charged.

This notice is hereby given this 12th day of June, 2024, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

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Lance R. LeFleur
Director

Nondiscrimination Statement: The Department does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in the administration of its programs.