BEATTY, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined a hazardous waste treatment and disposal company nearly $500,000 for violations at a facility in the Nye County community of Beatty.
The federal agency announced Tuesday that it fined publicly traded US Ecology Inc. for 18 violations.
The EPA says a unit designed to thermally treat contaminated materials was found to be smoking and releasing hazardous materials into the air.
The agency says US Ecology has shut down the unit.
US Ecology is based in Boise, Idaho. It also runs facilities in Richland, Wash., Robstown, Texas, and Grand View, Idaho.
