On May 22, 2007 Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality request EPA assistance in the above case. The PRP, Terry Emmert, Emmert International Corp. had accumulated multiple 55 and 5 gallon containers of mostly paint waste that had been illegally dumped on another property. Emmert had generated the waste and paid to dispose of it. The transporter had loaded the waste on a trailer but before it could be sent for disposal the trailer was stolen. A few weeks later the drums were discovered illegally dumped on a local water districts property. Emmert Intl. worked with ODEQ to collect the Drums and the soil contaminated by spilled material. The waste was taken to the SE 114th location owned by Emmert Intl.in November of 2006 and had remained there through May of 2007. ODEQ had tried to work with the company to send it to a disposal facility, but Emmert resisted. They claimed they had already paid for disposal once and they also refused to sign a manifest as a generator. It was at this point ODEQ asked Epa's assistance to help compel Emmert Intl. to properly dispose of the waste. Please see attached RCRA Compliance Inspection Report for more detail.
