Air quality violations by Maryland businesses
The following businesses were spanked last month by the Maryland Department of the Environment for air quality violations.
PEMCO Corporation – Baltimore CityOn June 18, a Consent Order between the PEMCO Corporation and MDE was executed to settle violations of Maryland’s ambient air quality standard for fluoride and conditions of PEMCO’s air quality operating permit. The violations included twenty-one incidences when the fluoride standard was exceeded during two vegetative samplings performed in neighborhoods around PEMCO’s plant. The Consent Order requires PEMCO to pay a civil penalty totaling $50,000.
MDE also determined that PEMCO violated their air quality permit when they failed to correctly submit an annual compliance certification report, failed to perform monthly visible emission observations, and failed to maintain an operation and maintenance plan for their air pollution control equipment. The Baltimore PEMCO plant has since shut down.
Radiation Enforcement Actions
Diageo NA – Baltimore County
Several violations Maryland radioactive materials regulations were cited, of which the most significant was Diageo’s loss of a general licensed radioactive materials source that has not been recovered. The Department seeks a penalty of $17,700.
Katherine Collier, DDS – Baltimore City
This dental facility was found to have violated Maryland radiation control regulations relating to the use of radiation machines, and documentation of correction of these violations has not been received. The violations include a dose timer that failed to meet an accuracy test and a higher-than-allowed number of pulses when the machine is in operation. The Department seeks a $4,000 penalty.
Stevenson Village Veterinary Hospital – Baltimore County
For violation of Maryland radiation control regulations relating to use of radiation machines, the veterinary hospital paid the Department a penalty of $1,000.
Yuey S. Moy, DDS – Prince George’s County
In response to the Department’s claims against this dental facility for violation of Maryland radiation control, the facility has paid the Department a penalty of $500.
Victoria M. Switzer, DDS – Howard County For violating Maryland’s radiation control regulations relating to the use of radiation machines, the dental facility has paid the Department a penalty of $250.
