ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Shortly after Anniston Army Depot's Christmas shutdown period, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Environmental Protection Agency conducted a joint hazardous waste inspection here.
Although the EPA has delegated authority to ADEM for hazardous waste compliance, EPA will sometimes act as the lead agency for unannounced inspections.
This compliance inspection, conducted Jan. 10-12, resulted in a Notice of Violation issued by ADEM.
During the inspection, some of the findings included:
• Waste collection site moved from its original point of generation to another completely different building
• Containers used to collect waste not properly labeled as such
• Waste not properly characterized for proper disposal
• Waste collection containers not closed (waste was not actively being added and was not attended)
Environmental bulletins have been distributed to address these findings. Please read these bulletins and make sure your work area is in compliance.
As the Directorate of Risk Management's production support team and other staff conduct internal audits and inspections, there will be communication of issues to the entire workforce of systemic issues being found.
DRK's team is working diligently to not only help keep ANAD in compliance through inspections, but through training as well.
Currently, the production support team is conducting annual Resource Conservation and Recovery Act training for a major portion of our workforce.
In addition to this training, employees will receive communication of environmental issues and the corrective actions. These will be disseminated to the workforce through environmental bulletins.
Supervisors should print bulletins and brief employees on them during six-minute huddles.
The production support team is available to assist you with environmental concerns you may have in your work area. For assistance, call Ext. 7475 or 6700.
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