Environmental complaint received 2020-08-03 16:00:00
Source: Caesarstone Technologies USA, Inc.
Source location: 1 Caesarstone Drive 
Richmond Hill, Georgia 31324
Complaint location: [Not entered]

Clean Air Act
 
1. The socks in the bag back house have been changed out in two year,,,are leaking.  The Opacity Logs are being fudged
2. RTO monthly PM are not done or problems addressed
3. Several of the monthly and weekly inspection reports were not accurate and had other people name sign off that were forgery 
4. The unpolymerized waste from slabs containing large amount of Stryene contributing to emissions
5.  Imploded tank in the resin  storage room is leaking along with the pipes and vales causing emissions
6. The duct work that is supped to remove styrene emission from the inside the process is blocked and not working.
7. There is no ventilation liquid prep room causing emission
8. There is no ventilation in the bulk storage room causing emissions
9. No ventilation bulk hazardous material storage room.
10. The silo hold the different powered are blowing of silica dust which is out side the air permit
12.  The blower motor gasket and the emission control gasket
 
 
RCRA
 
1. Haz. Waste not stored properly with lids being left off in the hazardous waste
2. Make shift parts washer filled with acetone with no lids and no labels
3. Large amount waste slab mix sitting out side, no containment, no lids, no labels
4. Large amount of waste slab mix containing styrene be placed in open top open top dumpster and taken to the land fill.
5. The bakout box for the styrene mixture is not working properly.
6. Used plastic wrap that is used in the manufacturing process to protect the belt, is be place in a dumpster.  The smell is sickening and it has large slab mix on it.  Well over the RCRA limits
7. Universal waste not labeled
8. Used oil not labled.
 
Clean Water Act/RCRA/STORM WATER/SPCC
 
1.  There has been several over flow of the resin off load area.  The pit in the off load has over lowed and has large amount of styrene over the RQ and never reported.
2. The resin off load pump and area was clean with MEK,  Acetone and power washed soap.  There was over spray of water and chemical were waster over the spill containment and went into the storm drain. Never reported.
3. During the cleaning process above the wast went down in to the pit.  The pit was full of MEK, Acetone, water was then pumped the grass down down the storm drain.  The storm drain went the retention pond that then it was released into federal protected wet lands.
4.  The ponds of several times have been dug up because of contaminated soil witch was above the RQ on several chemical including styrene, MEK, Acetone.
5.  The trailer leak wast water treatment sludge which is high in Silica, going down the road witch caused exposure to particulate mater.