Delaware Semiconductor Company Assessed $5,000 Penalty For Environmental Violations at Southbridge Facility

SemiCon Precision Industries, Inc., operator of a semiconductor precision cleaning facility at 25 Case Street in Southbridge, has been assessed a $5,000 penalty by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) for Hazardous Waste Management, Industrial Wastewater and Toxics Use Reduction Act violations that occurred at its Southbridge facility.  

During inspections conducted in February 2007, MassDEP personnel determined that the company had operated an industrial wastewater pretreatment system with personnel who were not properly licensed to do so. The company also failed to file an appropriate Toxics Use Report, failed to properly mark and label hazardous waste drums, and failed to post a sign in, and properly delineate, its hazardous waste accumulation area.  

In a recently finalized consent order, the company agreed to maintain compliance with all applicable regulations and pay the $5,000 penalty.

"Failure to have properly licensed industrial wastewater pretreatment operators may lead to illegal and harmful discharges to publicly-owned sewer systems," said Lee Dillard Adams, deputy director of MassDEP's Central Regional Office in Worcester. "If a company has questions as to whether its operations are subject to these regulations, it should contact MassDEP immediately."

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