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 ORDER

Account Code:  421

Jefferson County

Pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Environmental Management Act, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is proposing to issue an Order to Sign Builders Inc.(EPA Identification Number ALR000013201), which owns/operates a sign manufacturing and assembly facility located at 4800 Jefferson Avenue in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

The violations consisted of the following: failure to make an accurate hazardous waste determination, offering hazardous wastes for transportation without preparing a uniform hazardous waste manifest, offering hazardous waste to a transporter not permitted to transport the waste, shipping hazardous waste to a landfill not permitted to accept the waste, failure to keep closed satellite accumulation containers, failure to mark or label satellite accumulation containers, and failure to provide hazardous waste management training to employees that manage hazardous waste.

The Department is proposing a civil penalty in the amount of $25,300.  The Order, if issued, would require Sign Builders 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 the 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 2nd day of October, 2019, 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.