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I I i I I i I -2- In addition, the Company also generates waste sodium hydroxide ~-l-~cL~, sand cores and waste water discharged to their sump and drainfield. The Agency received a complaint in February, 1985 alleging the Company was llle§ally storing hazardous wastes. On March 29, 1985, Agency staff conducted a complaint investigation and hazardous waste inspection of the Company. The investigation revealed that the Company is violatin§ numerous State hazardous waste rules relating to hazardous waste management. The Company has failed to notify the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its hazardous waste activities by obtaining an identification number and has failed to notify Anoka County as a generator of hazardous waste. The Company has accumulated and stored approximately ~ 5~-gallon and small metal drums which Company represen- tatives indicated contained sodium hydroxide s+~d~e. These drums had no labels, were rusty and were stored open on wooden pallets located on an outdoor gravel based area. The Company has stored wastes which Company representatives indicated contained freon sludge in another outdoor area. Approximately 36, 55-gallon rusty metal unlabeled drums of the freon sludge are stored on wooden pallets in a grassy area. All the drums were stored in open areas which did not have a fence or other means of restricting access. None of these waste streams have been evaluated for hazardous properties. Some of these drums have been :,t,]re~t outdoors since t-979.. Finally, Compan2 ~ff~cials indicated a waste water which has not been evaluated for hazardous properti?s is d~scharged to a sump and drainfie~d. 6. Alleged Violations. The Agency alleges that in the operation of its facility, the Company has violated or caused to be violated the following