Honeywell pays waste violation penalty

Honeywell pays waste violation penalty



Feb 2007 - Honeywell 
International, Inc. will pay a $500,000 penalty under a 
consent judgment with the state of Arizona for hazardous waste 
violations in Mohave County. 
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and Arizona Department 
of Environmental Quality, ADEQ, Director Steve Owens announced 
the settlement on Friday. The consent judgment is subject to 
court approval. 
In September 2005, ADEQ inspectors discovered that the 
Honeywell Aircraft Landing Systems facility in Kingman, was 
operating two natural gas-fired hazardous waste thermal 
treatment units without the required hazardous waste treatment 
permit. 
The facility is an repair and overhaul station for aircraft 
wheels and brakes certified by the Federal Aviation 
Administration. 
"I am committed to enforcing hazardous waste laws," Goddard 
said. "These laws protect our communities, and I will continue 
to seek penalties from companies that violate these laws." 
Owens stated, "Arizona's hazardous waste laws and regulations 
were established for protection of the public and the 
environment. This penalty reflects the serious nature of the 
violations at Honeywell's Kingman facility." 
ADEQ issued a Notice of Violation to Honeywell Kingman on 
November 15, 2005, for thermally treating its hazardous waste 
without a permit, failing to submit signed manifests, failing 
to properly label each container and tank as hazardous waste, 
failing to inform employees of proper handling and emergency 
procedures and failing to comply with personnel training 
requirements. 
ADEQ also found that Honeywell was underreporting its 
hazardous waste, inaccurately classifying it as solid waste by 
using an incorrect regulatory level for cadmium, an element 
that may irritate the digestive tract, cause kidney disease 
and damage the lungs. 
Cadmium stays in the body and can build up from many years of 
exposure to low levels of the heavy metal. 

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