UNITED PARCEL SERVICE - CASBE

United Parcel Service - CASBE is a San Bernardino, California operating entity tied to United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS, CIK 0001090727). EPA ECHO records a single facility for this legal entity slug: ECHO ID 110070408967. Zero formal violations appear in the trailing 24 months. The derived penalty allocation is $2.12 million — an arithmetic figure, not a discrete settlement. EPA ECHO's exporter methodology pro-rates a five-year penalty total across a 24-month window using the formula penalty_24mo = total_5yr * (24/60) [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The clean CASBE record sits within a larger enforcement footprint. On August 4, 2025, the San Bernardino County District Attorney entered a $1.745 million environmental judgment against UPS and affiliates — the same county where CASBE operates [source: https://da.sbcounty.gov/2025/08/04/united-parcel-service-inc-and-affiliates-ordered-to-pay-1-745-million-for-environmental]. Pull the lens back to the consolidated parent entity: ECHO records eight violations and $10.64 million in 24-month derived penalties across 11 facilities [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

On February 17, 2026, UPS filed its fiscal-year 2025 10-K, reporting $88.7 billion in revenue and 5.2 billion packages delivered. That filing also covered the December 2025 final-mile agreement with USPS and the Frigo-Trans and Andlauer Healthcare Group acquisitions [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. The Q1 2026 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, discloses immaterial environmental remediation contingencies and references an unspecified incident under continued assessment, with insurance recoveries carried in Accounts receivable [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026031154/ups-20260331.htm]. Shareholder pressure arrived alongside those filings. A Principles for Responsible Investment-tracked resolution requesting an environmental justice impact audit was filed for the May 7, 2026 annual general meeting [source: https://collaborate.unpri.org/group/36786/stream].

EPA ECHO records for facility 110070408967 — the CASBE-registered site in San Bernardino — show no formal Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, or RCRA violations in the trailing 24 months as of May 8, 2026. The $2,120,000 figure in the ECHO record is a derived allocation. Calculated as total_5yr * (24/60) per the exporter formula, it is not a discrete penalty from a specific enforcement action in this window [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Zero active EPA-issued permits appear in the snapshot. The EJ index average reads 0.0 — indicating either the absence of co-located demographic data in the ECHO dataset, or the facility's classification within ECHO's distribution-hub category [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The affiliate-level record runs on a different track across the same window. August 4, 2025: the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office secured a $1.745 million order against UPS and affiliates for hazardous waste handling and disposal violations within the county — the same jurisdiction where CASBE is registered [source: https://da.sbcounty.gov/2025/08/04/united-parcel-service-inc-and-affiliates-ordered-to-pay-1-745-million-for-environmental]. That state action followed a federal RCRA settlement announced October 19, 2022, resolving alleged hazardous waste violations at 1,160 UPS facilities across 45 states and Puerto Rico. Violations included failure to make land disposal determinations and improper on-site management of hazardous waste. UPS agreed to implement corrective environmental policies to prevent future noncompliance [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. An earlier EPA Region 6 settlement, announced June 16, 2021, required UPS and TForce Freight to address alleged hazardous waste violations at 183 locations across Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas, with a $3.8 million civil penalty paid over a 24-month corrective period [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement].

The Q1 2026 SEC filings extend the record to March 31, 2026. The May 6, 2026 10-Q states that UPS recorded immaterial environmental remediation contingencies in Other current liabilities at both March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, with corresponding insurance recoveries in Accounts receivable. The filing discloses ongoing claims, litigation, and proceedings tied to an unnamed incident. Financial impact is characterized as not estimable but not material to results of operations or liquidity [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026031154/ups-20260331.htm]. Shareholder activity in the same window includes the As You Sow resolution dated November 13, 2025 requesting a third-party environmental justice audit, and the PRI-tracked filing targeting the May 7, 2026 AGM [source: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/2025/11/13-ups-third-party-environmental-justice-audit] [source: https://collaborate.unpri.org/group/36786/stream].

Action 1 — San Bernardino County, California (state-level, RCRA-analog hazardous waste): On August 4, 2025, the San Bernardino County District Attorney announced a $1,745,000 order against United Parcel Service, Inc. and affiliates for environmental violations alleged within the county. The CASBE facility is registered in that same jurisdiction [source: https://da.sbcounty.gov/2025/08/04/united-parcel-service-inc-and-affiliates-ordered-to-pay-1-745-million-for-environmental]. Action 2 — Nationwide RCRA consent agreement and final order, October 19, 2022: EPA settled alleged hazardous waste violations at 1,160 UPS facilities across 45 states and Puerto Rico. Cited violations included failure to make land disposal determinations and improper on-site management of hazardous waste. UPS agreed to implement environmental policies to prevent future noncompliance [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. Action 3 — EPA Region 6 settlement, June 16, 2021: UPS and TForce Freight, Inc. agreed to correct alleged hazardous waste violations at 183 facilities across Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. Terms included a $3.8 million civil penalty and a 24-month compliance window [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. Action 4 — ECHO derived 24-month allocation for CASBE facility (ID 110070408967): $2,120,000, computed as five-year total * (24/60) per the ECHO exporter methodology. Zero discrete formal NC quarters are recorded in the trailing 24 months [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Action 5 — Q1 2026 10-Q disclosure, May 6, 2026: UPS recorded immaterial environmental remediation contingencies as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 in Other current liabilities, with offsetting insurance recoveries in Accounts receivable. The filing discloses additional claims, litigation, and proceedings from an unnamed incident. Resolution could produce additional charges and related insurance recoveries in future periods [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026031154/ups-20260331.htm].

Facility 1 — UPS CASBE, San Bernardino, California (ECHO ID 110070408967): The ECHO record for this legal entity slug returns one facility. Zero formal violations appear in the trailing 24 months ending May 8, 2026. Zero active permits are on file. The derived 24-month penalty allocation is $2.12 million — an arithmetic figure computed from the five-year total under the exporter formula, not a penalty from a specific enforcement action within this window [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Facility 2 — UPS-affiliated locations covered by the August 4, 2025 San Bernardino County DA judgment: Individual sites are not broken out in the public announcement. The order covers UPS and affiliates operating within San Bernardino County jurisdiction and resulted in a $1.745 million environmental payment [source: https://da.sbcounty.gov/2025/08/04/united-parcel-service-inc-and-affiliates-ordered-to-pay-1-745-million-for-environmental]. Facility 3 — UPS Region 6 facility set (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas): 183 locations subject to the June 2021 EPA consent agreement. The agreement mandated a 24-month compliance ramp and enhanced compliance programs across all covered Region 6 sites [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. Facility 4 — UPS nationwide RCRA-covered facilities: 1,160 facilities in 45 states and Puerto Rico fell under the October 2022 settlement. Enumerated violations included failure to make land disposal determinations and failure to conduct proper on-site management of hazardous waste [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. Facility 5 — Parent-entity ECHO aggregation under slug united-parcel-service-inc-ups: 11 facilities, 8 violations in trailing 24 months, $10.64 million in derived 24-month penalties. That consolidated figure establishes the scaling context within which the single-facility CASBE record should be read [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The ECHO record for facility 110070408967, pulled May 8, 2026, returns an empty top_pollutants array. No chemical-specific releases were ranked in that snapshot [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The enforcement record fills in the regulatory picture. Across UPS sorting and distribution operations, the dominant compliance category is hazardous waste under RCRA Subtitle C. The October 2022 consent agreement cited failure to make land disposal determinations and improper on-site management of hazardous waste — categories that typically capture mixed solvents, ignitables, lithium-battery contents, and pharmaceutical and laboratory residues moving through parcel networks [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. EPA's June 2021 Region 6 announcement, covering UPS and TForce Freight, identified the same regulatory exposure surface: parcel and freight handling generates hazardous waste streams requiring specific characterization, accumulation-time tracking, and manifested off-site shipment [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement].

Environmental justice exposure pathways for distribution-center clusters typically include diesel particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from yard tractors, drayage trucks, and ground delivery fleets. The ECHO EJ index for the CASBE record reads 0.0. That zero does not confirm the absence of community exposure — it reflects a gap in the ECHO dataset for this facility classification. The absence of a quantified demographic exposure ratio is itself a data point directly relevant to the As You Sow and PRI environmental justice audit requests [source: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/2025/11/13-ups-third-party-environmental-justice-audit] [source: https://collaborate.unpri.org/group/36786/stream].

Within NAICS 492110 (couriers and express delivery services), the three highest-penalty registrants in the ECHO peer set are all UPS legal-entity variants. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (UPS) carries 11 facilities, 8 violations, and $10.64 million in derived 24-month penalties. UNITED PARCEL SERVICES records 10 facilities, 6 violations, and $6.42 million. UNITED PARCEL SVC shows 16 facilities, 6 violations, and $5.76 million [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The CASBE single-facility record — zero formal violations and a $2.12 million derived 24-month allocation — falls below all three parent-entity aggregations on every measured metric. That positioning reflects CASBE as one node within a larger enforcement footprint, not a site that departs from it [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The 10-K filed February 17, 2026 describes UPS's Customer First, People Led, Innovation Driven strategy and the December 2025 USPS final-mile agreement covering Ground Saver and Mail Innovations volumes starting in 2026. The filing directs investors to the company's Investor Relations website for material disclosures [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. The Q1 2026 10-Q tables two discrete forward-looking exposure categories. First: ongoing environmental remediation contingencies tied to an unnamed incident, with offsetting insurance recoveries that may shift in future periods. Second: the February 20, 2026 U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidating certain IEEPA tariffs, which triggered approximately $500 million in tariff refund requests filed by UPS under the April 20, 2026 CBP Phase 1 process. Both are characterized as not material to current operations [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026031154/ups-20260331.htm].