Site Visit

Heritage Environmental Services LLC

Indianapolis Treatment Center

May 18, 2006

On May 18, 2006, representatives of EPA’s Office of Solid Waste
visited Heritage Environmental Service’s Indianapolis Treatment Center
to discuss their recycling operations. In attendance: 

Charlotte Mooney	EPA

Amy Lile		EPA

Kathy Blanton		EPA

Craig Hogarth		Heritage (corporate compliance)

Ralph Roper		Heritage

James E. Etzel		Heritage

Dan Murray		Indiana DEM			Assistant Commissioner

Fred Steward		Heritage-Micronutrients	President

Dave Berry 		Indiana DEM (hw policy)

Paula Bansch		Indiana DEM			Hazardous Waste Permits

Mike Karpinski	Heritage			Quality Manager

Gary Romesser	Indiana DEM

Steven Danenman	Heritage

Winde Hamrick	Heritage			Midwest Regional Manager

Tony Kriech		Heritage			Director of Research

Gary Lindgren		Heritage			VP of Compliance

Representatives of Heritage Environmental and EPA discussed the history
of Heritage’s various companies and their position in the
environmental services industry as well the various operations of the
different companies within Heritage, particularly Heritage Slag Products
LLC, Heritage Synfuel Binders, and Heritage Crystal Clean. EPA and
Heritage also discussed Heritage’s research and development, its
relations with the state of Indiana in its operations, the challenges of
recycling, and the proposed rule on the definition of solid waste.
Heritage expressed concern that a rule that differentiates between
onsite and offsite recycling processes may hinder innovation because the
need to modify permits if a material has to be stored in new tanks. EPA
also took a tour of the facility which included research and sampling
laboratories, materials arrival areas, waste and product storage areas,
and recycling equipment. In addition, EPA toured the neighboring
facility of Micronutrients, also owned by Heritage. 

