Cases — 4353227

As of Oct 2, 2026.

Activity name

United Parcel Service

Case number

06-2021-0906

Case name

United Parcel Service

Region code

06

Fiscal year

2021

Activity type code

AFR

Activity type desc

Administrative - Formal

Activity status code

FOI

Activity status desc

Final Order Issued

Activity status date

2021-06-08

Lead agency

EPA

Case status date

2021-06-08

Voluntary self disclosure

false

Multimedia flag

false

Summary text

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 recently announced a settlement with United Parcel Service, Inc., and TForce Freight, Inc., (together, ?Respondents?), alleging hazardous waste violations. The settlement requires Respondents to correct alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (?RCRA?) at all facilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas, and includes a civil penalty of $3.8 million. This settlement was achieved in less than one year in part because Respondents cooperated with EPA and agreed to create enhanced programs to address non-compliance. Respondents have 24 months to come into compliance across 183 locations in Region 6, and will work closely with EPA during this period. Respondents? facilities generate hazardous waste when a package is damaged, as well as during day-to-day operations such as maintenance. EPA became aware of Respondents? non-compliance through data mining, the practice of analyzing large databases in order to generate new information. This process identified many UPS facilities that were generating and managing hazardous waste in all three generator statuses?Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, Small Quantity Generators, and Large Quantity Generators?without providing all the required information about these facilities to EPA. Using the e-manifest system (EPA?s national system for electronically tracking hazardous waste shipments), EPA was able to cross-check Respondents? data across Region 6 states in a short period. Additionally, EPA requested the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment?s Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to inspect one of the facilities in Fort Smith, Arkansas, after which ADEQ provided EPA with the inspection reports and referred the potential violations to EPA. EPA also reviewed existing information from other states in Region 6, including state inspection reports and reporting databases. Analysis of the information gathered from these sources led EPA to determine that facilities generated, accumulated, and offered for transport, treatment, and/or disposal certain hazardous waste streams, including ignitable, corrosive, and reactive substances, including acute hazardous wastes. Under the settlement, Respondents have agreed to comply with all relevant state and federal RCRA laws and regulations, to include accurate: hazardous waste determination; notification and reporting; completion of manifest; and proper on-site management of hazardous waste. Respondents are also required to pay a civil penalty of $3.8 million.

Created at

2026-10-02T02:02:59.061315+00:00

Updated at

2026-10-02T02:02:59.061315+00:00

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