UNITED PARCEL SERVICE - BOURBON

United Parcel Service — Bourbon (Bourbon, IN; EPA facility ID 110003132011) is a single-facility node within the broader UPS package-delivery network operated by United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS; CIK 0001090727). EPA ECHO data shows zero quarters of noncompliance recorded against the Bourbon site over the trailing 24 months, no active permits on file, and a last permit-related record dated February 1, 2018 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The $2.12 million figure in the ECHO summary is a derived allocation — calculated as total_5yr × 24/60 — and belongs to the parent-level enforcement history, not to any penalty assessed against the Bourbon site itself [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Parent UPS reported 2025 consolidated revenue of $88.7 billion and delivered an average of 20.8 million packages per day, per the 2025 Form 10-K filed February 17, 2026 [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm].

The material regulatory backdrop is national, not local. On October 19, 2022, EPA announced a consent agreement resolving hazardous-waste allegations at 1,160 UPS facilities across 45 states and Puerto Rico [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. A prior Region 6 settlement, signed June 16, 2021, covered 183 locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas and imposed a $3.8 million civil penalty alongside a 24-month corrective schedule [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. On November 13, 2025, As You Sow filed a shareholder resolution requesting a third-party environmental-justice audit of UPS operations [source: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/2025/11/13-ups-third-party-environmental-justice-audit]. Peer ECHO rows for other UPS legal-name variants show 6–8 violations and $5.76M–$10.64M in 24-month derived penalties [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The Bourbon, IN site (EPA facility ID 110003132011) presents a low-intensity compliance record in isolation. ECHO's trailing-24-month count returns zero violations at the facility, zero active permits, and a last permit date of February 1, 2018 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The EJ index average is reported as 0.0, and no top pollutants are populated for this facility [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. That local quietness stands against a parent-level enforcement record that has run continuously across the same 24-month window.

The enforcement arc begins before the window opens. On June 16, 2021, EPA Region 6 entered a consent agreement with United Parcel Service, Inc. and TForce Freight, Inc. covering 183 facilities across Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. The agreement carried a $3.8 million civil penalty and a 24-month corrective timeline under RCRA hazardous-waste rules [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. Sixteen months later, on October 19, 2022, EPA announced a broader consent agreement and final order resolving hazardous-waste allegations at 1,160 UPS facilities across 45 states and Puerto Rico. Specific alleged deficiencies included failures to make land-disposal determinations and failures to conduct proper on-site management of hazardous waste [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. Associated Press reporting carried by WKYT on October 19, 2022 corroborates the scope and describes corrective policy commitments [source: https://www.wkyt.com/2022/10/19/epa-ups-pay-fine-correct-hazardous-waste-violations/]. A separate October 2023 Louisville Air Pollution Control District public-comment notice addressed permitting activity in a UPS operating region [source: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/KYLOUISVILLE/bulletins/3ce9727].

By 2024 and 2025, the record shifts from federal orders to investor-facing pressure and network-structural change. On February 21, 2024, AOL reported the relocation of a city waste transfer station out of a majority-Black neighborhood in Paris, KY — Bourbon County, KY, a separate jurisdiction from Bourbon, IN — following a $2 million community-development grant announced in September 2022 [source: https://www.aol.com/longtime-dump-bourbon-county-black-212843332.html]. On November 13, 2025, As You Sow filed a shareholder resolution requesting a third-party environmental-justice audit, citing material risks from regulatory scrutiny, litigation, and reputational exposure [source: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/2025/11/13-ups-third-party-environmental-justice-audit]. UPS filed its Q3 2025 Form 10-Q on November 5, 2025 [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828025049661/ups-20250930.htm] and its FY2025 Form 10-K on February 17, 2026 [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. FreightWaves reported on approximately April 29, 2026 that UPS will close 27 additional parcel facilities in 2026, bringing the year's total to 51 closures as part of a network-downsizing program [source: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-to-close-27-additional-parcel-facilities-in-2026]. Site decommissioning is precisely the moment when RCRA hazardous-waste determinations, container-management records, and land-disposal paperwork come under heightened regulatory review — making the closure cadence directly relevant to any forward compliance assessment.

June 16, 2021 — EPA Region 6 consent agreement with United Parcel Service, Inc. and TForce Freight, Inc. EPA records show alleged hazardous-waste violations under the RCRA program at 183 facilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. Civil penalty: $3.8 million. Corrective schedule: 24 months to achieve compliance across all 183 locations, with enhanced compliance programs required [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement].

October 19, 2022 — EPA national consent agreement and final order with United Parcel Service, Inc. EPA records show resolved allegations of hazardous-waste violations at 1,160 facilities across 45 states and Puerto Rico. Specific alleged deficiencies identified by EPA include failure to make land-disposal determinations and failure to conduct proper on-site management of hazardous waste. The agreement requires implementation of environmental policies to prevent future noncompliance [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. AP coverage via WKYT on October 19, 2022 confirms the 45-state, 1,100-plus-facility scope [source: https://www.wkyt.com/2022/10/19/epa-ups-pay-fine-correct-hazardous-waste-violations/].

October 2023 — Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District public-comment period and hearing notice involving a UPS-related air-permitting matter in Kentucky [source: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/KYLOUISVILLE/bulletins/3ce9727]. The notice is procedural rather than an enforcement order.

Trailing 24 months, Bourbon IN facility (ID 110003132011): ECHO records show 0 quarters of noncompliance and 0 active permits. The $2,120,000 derived penalty attribution is an arithmetic allocation from the 5-year total — penalty_24mo = total_5yr × 24/60 — and is not a site-specific fine [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. No CWA, CAA, or RCRA formal actions are attached to the Bourbon record in the ECHO export dated May 4, 2026 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

UPS — Bourbon, IN (EPA ID 110003132011): The only facility in this slug. ECHO reports 0 violations in the trailing 24 months, EJ index avg 0.0, no active permits, and a last permit date of February 1, 2018 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The site is a logistics node in Marshall County, IN; the ECHO export lists no top pollutants attached to this facility.

Peer slug — UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (UPS): ECHO aggregates 11 facilities, 8 trailing-24-month violations, and $10.64 million in derived 24-month penalties under this legal-name variant [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. This is the highest-penalty UPS legal-name cluster in NAICS 492110.

Peer slug — UNITED PARCEL SERVICES: 10 facilities, 6 trailing-24-month violations, $6.42 million in derived 24-month penalties [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The variant reflects ECHO's multi-spelling registry and should be read as the same corporate parent.

Peer slug — UNITED PARCEL SVC (NAICS 49211): 16 facilities, 6 trailing-24-month violations, $5.76 million in derived 24-month penalties [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

Off-register context — Paris, KY (Bourbon County, KY): A February 21, 2024 AOL report documents relocation of a city waste transfer station out of a predominantly Black neighborhood; the matter is municipal and does not involve UPS, but is sometimes conflated in searches because of the 'Bourbon' place-name overlap with Bourbon, IN [source: https://www.aol.com/longtime-dump-bourbon-county-black-212843332.html].

No pollutants are populated for the Bourbon, IN facility in the ECHO exporter dated May 4, 2026 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. At the parent level, the dominant regulatory exposure is RCRA-listed and -characteristic hazardous wastes generated in small-quantity flows across a distribution network. The October 19, 2022 EPA consent agreement specifically describes failures to make land-disposal determinations [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. Land-disposal determinations are the RCRA Subtitle C mechanism requiring generators to certify whether a waste meets treatment standards before land disposal; gaps in that paperwork trace to downstream exposure pathways including leachate and groundwater contamination.

A secondary exposure category covers air emissions from package-sortation facilities and ground fleets. The October 2023 Louisville APCD public-comment notice sits in this category [source: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/KYLOUISVILLE/bulletins/3ce9727]. Diesel particulate matter and NOx from ground operations are the principal community-exposure pathways for logistics hubs. Those two pollutants form the substantive basis for the As You Sow November 13, 2025 environmental-justice audit request [source: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/2025/11/13-ups-third-party-environmental-justice-audit].

A third category is universal-waste and used-oil handling at vehicle-maintenance facilities — a standard RCRA pathway for logistics operators named explicitly in the 2021 Region 6 settlement covering 183 facilities [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. Environmental-justice implications flow from siting patterns: distribution hubs are frequently located adjacent to rail and interstate corridors that also track with lower-income census tracts. That geographic overlap is the framing used in the As You Sow resolution filed November 13, 2025 [source: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/2025/11/13-ups-third-party-environmental-justice-audit].

Within NAICS 492110, the three ECHO legal-name clusters for UPS aggregate 20 trailing-24-month violations and $22.82 million in derived 24-month penalties across 37 facilities [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The Bourbon, IN slug — 1 facility, 0 violations, $2.12M derived — sits below all three peer clusters on violation count and registers as an outlier-low on per-facility intensity, consistent with its status as a small ground node rather than a sort hub [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. For enforcement-exposure purposes, the multiple legal-name rows should be read as a single corporate parent, anchored by the October 19, 2022 national consent agreement [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide].

The 2025 Form 10-K filed February 17, 2026 directs investors to monitor forward-looking-statement limitations and to consult the Investor Relations website for material updates. The Item 1A excerpt available emphasizes strategy — Customer First, People Led, Innovation Driven — healthcare-logistics expansion through the Frigo-Trans and Andlauer Healthcare Group acquisitions, and a December 2025 USPS final-mile agreement starting in 2026. No environment-specific risk factor text appears in the provided excerpt [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. The Q3 2025 Form 10-Q filed November 5, 2025 likewise contains no environmental-disclosure text in the available extract [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828025049661/ups-20250930.htm]. The FreightWaves report on the planned closure of 27 additional parcel facilities in 2026 — 51 total for the year — introduces forward RCRA site-closeout exposure that does not appear as a disclosed risk factor in the excerpts reviewed [source: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-to-close-27-additional-parcel-facilities-in-2026]. Each closure triggers the same RCRA documentation requirements — land-disposal determinations, container-management records, waste-characterization paperwork — that formed the basis of the 2021 and 2022 federal settlements, making the 2026 closure program a concrete forward compliance pressure point.