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Inspection Entry Date/Time Inspection Exit Date/Time
Regulatory Program Type of Inspection
EPA REGION 6 Enforcement Division INSPECTION REPORT
05/08/2024 01:45 PM (CT) 05/08/2024 02:30 PM (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
HPC-Industrial Headquarters N/A 900 Georgia Ave Deer Park, TX 77536 Harris None N/A HPC-Industrial Headquarters is an office building and a maintenance shop. 29.70406, -95.135614
Additional Persons Participating in Inspection:
Name
Title
Organization
Dedriel Gardner
Inspector
EPA REGION 6
John Penland
Inspector
EPA REGION 6
Anshul Paripati
Contractor
Eastern Research Group (ERG)
Email Gardner.Dedriel@epa.gov Penland.John@epa.gov Anshul.Paripati@erg.com
Phone (281) 983-2133 (214) 665-9717 (571) 535-1503
Lead Inspector: Cameron Tanaka
Cameron Tanaka Date: 2024.07.25 23:31:34 -04'00' Digitally signed by Cameron Tanaka
ERG
Cameron.Tanaka@erg.com
07/25/2024
(703) 633-1632 ext. 11632
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HPC-Industrial Headquarters
Inspection Date(s): 05/08/2024
SECTION I - INTRODUCTION Site Entry and Purpose of the Inspection Type of inspection: Focused Compliance Inspection (FCI)
The Port of Houston 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 (see Appendix 1), 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
Phone
Email
Opening Closing Conf. Conf.
Cameron Tanaka (703) 633-1632 Cameron.Tanaka@erg.com N/A
N/A
ext. 11632
Anshul Paripati (571) 535-1503 Anshul.Paripati@erg.com N/A
N/A
Dedriel Gardner (281) 983-2133 Gardner.Dedriel@epa.gov N/A
N/A
John Penland (214) 665-9717 Penland.John@epa.gov N/A
N/A
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HPC-Industrial Headquarters
Inspection Date(s): 05/08/2024
Facility General Description
Tenant/Area HPC-Industrial Headquarters
Inspection Date
05/08/24
Process Description HPC-Industrial Headquarters (HPC HQ) is an office building and maintenance shop. They do not have any hazardous waste on site. HPC-Industrial as a company transports material between other companies' facilities and they do not transfer or store any material on site. This location only maintains the company's trucks. The facility does not have a MARPOL COA.
Area of Concern
No
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HPC-Industrial Headquarters
Inspection Date(s): 05/08/2024
SECTION II - OBSERVATIONS - In order of inspection time.
Tenant: HPC-Industrial Headquarters
Section: 2.1
Date: 05/08/24, 1:45 PM Contains AOC: No Contains CBI: No
Lead Inspector: Cameron Tanaka
Attendees: Sam Garcia (Building Manager)
HPC HQ functions as the company's headquarters and a truck maintenance location. They do not handle hazardous waste or perform any transport or transfer of waste at the facility. HBC HQ does not have a MARPOL COA.
The inspection team performed a visual walk-through of their truck maintenance shop. The inspection team did not observe any areas of concern at the time of the inspection. A closing conference was conducted at approximately 2:15 PM with Mr. Garcia.
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HPC-Industrial Headquarters
Inspection Date(s): 05/08/2024
SECTION III - RECORDS REVIEW No RCRA regulated records were 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. HPC HQ 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 AOCs or provision of documents requested. No follow-up was requested from HPC HQ.
Communication Log During and after the inspection, additional information from HPC HQ was not requested.
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