EPA Orders Puerto Rico Police Department to Improve Handling and Disposal of Confiscated Fireworks
Environmental Add comments In an effort to enhance public safety and protect
the environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
reached an agreement with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to improve
the way the Puerto Rico Police Department manages confiscated fireworks
and other pyrotechnics after an inspection revealed violations at five
police department facilities. The department must develop and implement
a plan so its facilities comply with the federal Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act’s (RCRA) requirements for the management of certain
types of explosives and pyrotechnics.
“EPA supports the Puerto Rico Police Department’s
effort to keep its citizens safe by confiscating illegal fireworks and
other pyrotechnics,” said EPA Acting Regional Administrator George
Pavlou. “By complying with federal hazardous waste management laws, the
department will have taken a big step to ensure that these materials no
longer pose a threat to public safety once they’ve been taken off the
street.”
At the time of an EPA inspection in 2005, the Puerto
Rico Police Department had confiscated more than 100,000 pounds of
pyrotechnics and was storing them in tractor trailers at its facilities
in Isla de Cabras, Rio Piedras, Humacao, Aguadilla and Mayaguez.
Storage facilities were near public areas, the storage trailers and
containers had deteriorated and lacked proper labels, and the
facilities lacked emergency response equipment, fire suppression
systems and other equipment needed for compliance with hazardous waste
management laws.
In 2005, EPA issued to the Puerto Rico Police
Department a notice of violation regarding the facilities handling of
the confiscated materials. By the end of 2007, the department had
shipped all confiscated materials to an authorized disposal facility in
Louisiana.
EPA's order gives the Puerto Rico Police Department
90 days to develop and submit a plan for the future handling of
confiscated pyrotechnics. The order requires that these materials be
handled in compliance with RCRA in a safe and timely manner. EPA held a
public comment period for the order, which ended on Sept. 8, 2009, and
a public meeting in Toa Baja on Sept. 1.
For more information on how EPA regulates hazardous waste, visit http://www.epa.gov/region02/waste/csummary.htm.
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