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Incinerator Safety: Stericycle Permit Violations
The Stericycle Haw River, NC medical waste incinerator has a history of permit violations ('non-compliance').
- 2006 -- Violation for two incidents of bypass stacks in open position (excess emissions).
- 2004 -- Violation for exceeding the mercury emissions standard. Civil penalty of $10,352
- 2002 -- Violation for exceeding the particulate matter standard. Violation for exceeding the mercury emissions standard. Civil penalty of $8,518
- 2001 -- Violation for exceeding the particulate matter standard. (Failed stack test) Civil penalty of $4,666
- 2000 -- Five violations for exceeding the maximum amount of waste allowed to be burned per hour,
for multiple hours (waste charge rate). This is overloading the incinerator.
Details of these
violations: See BREDL
comments to
the NC Division of Air Quality, January 15, 2002.
In addition to these violations which seriously contaminate the air, there are also 'bypass events' which vent
hazardous and toxic emissions directly in to the air with no pollution controls whatsoever.
| "What is the right thing? Simply put, it is the elimination of all incineration of
medical waste not required by law to be burned." Martha Hamblin, GASP, at
Stericyle Annual Stockholder Meeting
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