Van Nuys plating company fined $100,000 for hazardous waste violations

LOS ANGELES - A Van Nuys metal plating company that does work for the aerospace industry was fined $100,000 for poor storage of toxic wastes and hazardous sludge, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today.

The violations at Crown Chrome Plating, a division of TMW Corp., were found during an EPA inspection in April 2009, the agency said.

The toxic waste and sludge posed a potential danger to employees, the surrounding community and the environment, according to Jared Blumenfeld, the EPA's regional administrator for the Pacific Southwest.

Blumenfeld said TMW generated multiple hazardous wastes including, paint waste, alkaline and acidic corrosive liquids, and sludge containing heavy metals such as chromium and lead.

The by-products, and the handling violations associated with them, are typical of those used in plating, he said.

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