Woburn's Kraft Power Corporation Assessed $50K Penalty By MassDEP

BOSTON, MA — Woburn-based Kraft Power Corporation has been assessed a $52,880 penalty by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) due to hazardous waste management and air quality violations, MassDEP announced Tuesday.

Kraft Power provides electrical power generation equipment and services the equipment to various commercial industries. The violations took place at the company's facility located at 199 Wildwood Ave. in Woburn.

According to MassDEP, as part of a consent order, Kraft Power was required to come back into compliance with all violations and pay $20,000 of the assessed penalty. The remainder of the penalty will be suspended if the company does not violate regulations within one year of the consent decree.

MassDEP said that through a review of emergency engine maintenance and service records, the agency determined that Kraft Power had transported and stored more than 100 kilograms of waste oil from a customer's site without hazardous waste transporters or storage license. The company also did not use a hazardous waste manifest for the shipments, which is required by law, according to MassDEP.

The agency also said that during an inspection of Kraft Power's facilities, MassDEP also observed that a degreasing unit was open when not in use, which is a violation of air quality regulations.

"When handling waste oil and other hazardous materials, companies must be properly licensed and trained for those activities and ensure that the materials do not put the public or their workers in harm's way," said Eric Worrall, director of MassDEP's Northeast Regional Office in Woburn. "When our inspection uncovered these violations, the company quickly corrected the problems and came back into compliance."