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Company: Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD
Current Parent Company: Royal Caribbean Cruises
Penalty: $473,685
Year: 2024
Date: October 10, 2024
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: solid waste violation
Violation Description: EPA conducted an inspection on December 6, 2022, at the Port of Galveston, Texas and found Pier 10 was being used to allegedly offload waste from eight different Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD (RCL) vessels into the United States. After reviewing additional reports and correspondence provided by RCL, who cooperated throughout the settlement process, EPA determined that RCL offloaded solid and hazardous waste materials from July 2019 to July 2024, into the U.S. EPA alleged that RCL failed to revise its Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 3010 notifications, failed to file accurate biennial reports, failed to keep adequate records of hazardous waste determinations, failed to comply with the land disposal restrictions for the incinerator ash, and failed to comply with the obligations of a large quantity generator.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Florida
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: entertainment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: cruise line
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.