When it comes to enforcing regulations that protect our environment, the EPA is one tough customer. Every year, the Environmental Protection Agency fines thousands of companies nationwide for improper chemical storage. In almost every instance, these violations were completely avoidable. Invariably, every encroachment involved negligence in storing dangerous and toxic chemicals that posed an immediate threat to the environment. Instead of investing in a quality hazardous material storage warehouse or container, hurried safety engineers and project managers opted to cut costs in investing in an inferior storage locker or chose against protection altogether. Unfortunately, many job-site foremen are under the impression that affordable hazmat storage buildings are out of their price range. This type of thinking is dangerous and short-sighted.
When investigating possible violations regarding proper chemical storage and environment, the EPA doesn’t consider mitigating factors. If you are in violation of proper chemical storage, you will pay the consequences. Even the slightest oversight can land you in legal purgatory as you try to navigate the dense terminology concerning proper chemical storage. Resulting fines can also bankrupt you business with little recourse to recover. The EPA are like the Texas Rangers for regulations that protect our natural environment. They just don’t let perpetrators slip through their fingers that easily. Instead of rustling up bank robbers, they busy themselves regulating all things chemical. And like the highest officers of the land, they are armed to the teeth. But instead of sidearms and bulletproof vests, they carry hefty fines. Since 2016, the EPA has raised civil penalties to match inflation. In some cases, these fines have risen by more than 100 percent.
Remain in step with OSHA regulations with hazmat storage lockers from U.S. Hazmat Rentals
OSHA, the governing body tasked with enforcing laws pertaining to workplace safety, is not too forgiving either. The agency tasks itself with ensuring safe and sanitary working conditions for all employees. Improper chemical storage can create volatile working conditions that need only an errant spark to transform any jobsite into a raging inferno. If your business is able to survive any chemical incident or catastrophe, you will likely have to pay thousands, if not millions of dollars, in damages. To avoid such fees and catastrophe, consider our Box SAFE chemical storage containers. These hazmat storage buildings are your standard hazardous storage shipping containers for companies operating on a tight budget. Each locker or storage container are EPA compliant and are equipped with a secondary spill sump containment system to collect spills should they occur.
We have varying levels of protection for all needs to fit your budget. Our shipping container rentals come in 20-foot and 40-foot variations, so you can find the right chemical storage solution to fit your needs with a little wiggle room. The BoxSAFE BCTS model, for example, is our extra tall version of the storage container, which allows for the double stacking of chemical totes and drums to maximize storage capacity. Each standard model is also equipped with wide-swinging doors to allow for easy access and removal of dangerous chemicals by the way of forklift or hand-truck. You can also use partitioning to allow for the proper compliant storage of chemicals from different levels of classification.
