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Inspection Entry Date/Time Inspection Exit Date/Time Regulatory Program Type of Inspection EPA REGION 6 Enforcement Division INSPECTION REPORT 04/17/2024 1:10 (CT) 04/17/2024 1:54 (CT) RCRA Focused Compliance Inspection (FCI) Announced: No Access: Granted Facility or Site Name Facility/Site Identifier Facility/Site Physical Address City, State, Zip Code County/Borough Generator Status NAICS Type of Operation Geographic Coordinates ACE Marine N/A 150 Marine St Lake Charles, LA 70601 Calcasieu Parish None N/A ACE Marine delivers supplies and offloads regulated garbage for vessels in the harbor surrounding the Port of Lake Charles. 30.217564, -93.251535 Additional Persons Participating in Inspection: Name Title Organization Elizabeth Pham Inspector EPA REGION 6 Sandesh Thapa Inspector EPA REGION 6 Anshul Paripati Contractor Eastern Research Group (ERG) Email Pham.elizabeth@epa.gov Thapa.sandesh@epa.gov Anshul.Paripati@erg.com Phone (214) 665-8354 (214) 665-2265 (571) 535-1503 Lead Inspector: Cameron Tanaka Cameron Tanaka Date: 2024.07.24 22:21:49 -04'00' Digitally signed by Cameron Tanaka 07/24/2024 ERG Cameron.Tanaka@erg.com (703) 633-1632 ext. 11632 Page 1 of 5 ACE Marine Inspection Date: 04/17/2024 SECTION I - INTRODUCTION Site Entry and Purpose of the Inspection Type of inspection: Focused Compliance Inspection (FCI) The Port of Lake Charles and surrounding facilities were selected for inspection based on an Environmental Justice and Regional initiative to evaluate facilities at ports receiving or transporting Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)-regulated hazardous wastes, and/or have an International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex V Certificate of Adequacy (COA) issued by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). This report is based on information supplied by the facility representatives, inspector observations, port related facilities, and records including photographs taken, verbal or written statements made during or after the on-site inspection, and/or materials shown, demonstrated, or submitted to the EPA during or after the on-site inspection. In addition, information gathered prior to or after the inspection from a review of EPA, State, and public records may be included in this report. Attendees Title/Organization Lead Inspector/ Contractor/ERG RCRA Inspector/ Contractor/ERG Inspector/Enforcement Officer/EPA Region 6 Inspector/Enforcement Officer/EPA Region 6 Name Cameron Tanaka Anshul Paripati Elizabeth Pham Phone Email Opening Closing Conf. Conf. (703) 633- Cameron.Tanaka@erg.com Yes No 1632 ext. 11632 (571) 535- Anshul.Paripati@erg.com Yes Yes 1503 (214) 665-8354 Pham.elizabeth@epa.gov Yes Yes Sandesh Thapa (214) 665-2265 Thapa.sandesh@epa.gov Yes Yes Page 2 of 5 ACE Marine Inspection Date: 04/17/2024 Facility General Description Tenant/Area ACE Marine Inspection Date 04/17/24 Process Description ACE Marine (ACE) delivers supplies, such as food and engine parts, to ships in the harbor. They operate a 60foot barge and tugboat with a crane on it and two small vessels that they load with the supplies for delivery to the ships. They offload regulated garbage and returned engine parts (handled as scrap metal). These materials are picked up by trucks directly from the ship and taken off-site immediately. They do not have their own MARPOL certificate, as it is handled by the POLC. Area of Concern No Page 3 of 5 ACE Marine Inspection Date: 04/17/2024 SECTION II - OBSERVATIONS Tenant: ACE Marine Section: 2.1 Date: 04/17/24, 1:10 PM Contains AOC: No Contains CBI: No Lead Inspector: Cameron Tanaka Attendees: Richard Cory Parker (Operations Manager) ACE Marine (ACE) is a launching company that delivers and loads supplies to ships in the harbor. ACE is a tenant of the POLC. They operate a 60-foot barge, a tugboat equipped with a crane, and two skiffs. They deliver food, engine parts, and other supplies to ships. They also offload APHIS regulated garbage and scrapped engine parts. Occasionally used batteries come with the regulated garbage. ACE hires third-party transporters, such as Nature Group, Texana Waste Services, Cameron LNG, and Marine Waste, to remove wastes directly from their ships when the ships arrive at the dock. They never store any of this waste on site. They also moor ships. ACE generates used oil from their ship and stores it on site in containers for a maximum of two months. ERS' vacuum trucks pump used oil out of these containers when the containers are full. When their batteries are used up, they immediately exchange them with their battery supplier. ERS also pumps the bilge waste out of their vessels. Mr. Parker explained that to his knowledge ACE Marine does not have a MARPOL COA or an EPA ID number. No apparent AOCs were observed by the inspection team during the time of the inspection. A closing conference was conducted at approximately 1:45 PM with Mr. Parker. Page 4 of 5 ACE Marine SECTION III - RECORDS REVIEW Inspection Date: 04/17/2024 No RCRA regulated records reviewed during this focused onsite inspection. SECTION IV - APPARENT AREAS OF CONCERN The presentation of Area(s) of Concern does not constitute a formal compliance determination or violation. ACE did not have any Areas of Concern. SECTION V - FOLLOW UP Follow-Up Any facility follow-up items are as discussed in each facility's observations in Section II. Documents or files provided by the facilities were transmitted via email and included responses to areas of concern or provision of documents requested. Communication Log During and after the inspection, additional information from ACE was not requested. Page 5 of 5