[ADEQ Media] Clin-Path Diagnostics, LLC of Tempe to Pay $70, 000 Penalty to Resolve Violations of State Hazardous Waste Statutes

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PHOENIX (April 14, 2011) - The Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality and Arizona Attorney General's Office announced today that
Clin-Path Diagnostics, LLC of Tempe will pay a $70,000 penalty as part
of a consent judgment entered in Maricopa County Superior Court for
hazardous waste violations at its Tempe facility.

 

The company, located at 2109 S. 48th Street, Suite 102, was cited for a
total of 18 violations following an ADEQ inspection in August 2009.

 

The violations against Clin-Path included, failure to comply with rules
concerning emergency preparedness and prevention, not maintaining a
proper contingency plan, failure to properly train employees handling
hazardous waste, improper inspections of areas where hazardous waste is
stored, and improper management of universal waste fluorescent lamps.

 

"Their unlawful management of hazardous waste put employees and the
community at risk but the company has stepped up and improved the way it
does business," ADEQ Director Henry Darwin said.

 

"We're glad to see that Clin-Path takes seriously its obligation to
protect human health and the environment in Arizona by complying with
Arizona's hazardous waste management statutes," Attorney General Tom
Horne said.

 

The consent judgment is subject to court approval.

 

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Arizona Dept. of Environmental Quality
Arizona Attorney General's Office

1110 West Washington Street
1275 West Washington Street

Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Phoenix, Arizona 85007

Contact: Mark Shaffer, (602) 771-2215
Contact: Steve Wilson, (602) 542-8019

www.azdeq.gov <http://www.azdeq.gov/>
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