UNITED PARCEL SERVICE - NORWALK (CTNLK)

United Parcel Service - Norwalk (CTNLK) appears in EPA's ECHO database as a single-facility entry under registry ID 110002492749, linked to parent United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS). The parent reported $88.7 billion in 2025 revenue and delivered 5.2 billion packages during the year [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. At the Norwalk facility level, EPA ECHO records zero formal violations over the trailing 24-month window. The $2,120,000 derived penalty figure represents this location's pro-rata share — specifically, 24 of 60 months — of penalties tied to the facility ID across the prior five-year window [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The EJ index average is reported as 0.0. No active permits are registered against this specific facility ID as of 2026-05-06.

That clean Norwalk record does not capture UPS's full regulatory history at the corporate level. The gap is material. EPA Region 6 settled hazardous waste allegations against UPS and TForce Freight covering 183 locations across five states — Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas — for a $3.8 million civil penalty in June 2021 [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. Seventeen months later, on October 19, 2022, EPA announced a separate nationwide settlement resolving alleged hazardous waste regulation violations 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]. Both actions involved alleged failures under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. UPS's 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 further discloses that the company recorded immaterial contingencies for environmental remediation in Other current liabilities tied to an unspecified incident, with corresponding insurance recoveries booked to Accounts receivable [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026031154/ups-20260331.htm]. The filing states that the financial scope of underlying matters cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

EPA ECHO data as of 2026-05-06 reports the Norwalk facility (FRS ID 110002492749) with zero quarters of non-compliance across the trailing 24 months. The allocated penalty figure of $2,120,000 is derived from a five-year penalty total apportioned to the 24-month reporting window under ECHO Exporter methodology [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The ECHO export records no active permits against this facility ID and no top-pollutant entries, consistent with a logistics distribution operation that holds neither a major Title V air permit nor an NPDES discharge authorization at this site. The EJ index average of 0.0 indicates either insufficient demographic linkage in the ECHO record or a baseline absence of EJSCREEN flags above EPA thresholds for this facility's census block group.

What the Norwalk facility record does not capture is the breadth of corporate-level enforcement over the same period. The anchor event is EPA's consent agreement and final order announced October 19, 2022, which resolved alleged Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations at 1,160 UPS facilities across 45 states and Puerto Rico. Two specific allegations drove the action: failure to make land disposal determinations, and improper on-site management of hazardous waste [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. That 2022 order came after EPA Region 6 had already finalized a June 2021 settlement with UPS and TForce Freight covering 183 locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. That earlier action imposed a $3.8 million civil penalty and a 24-month corrective compliance schedule running into mid-2023 [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. EPA's archived enforcement records also document a 2009 PCB matter involving a Connecticut holding company, establishing a longer enforcement timeline for hazardous-substance handling in the state [source: https://www.epa.gov/archive/epapages/newsroom_archive/newsreleases/119691a4eea7dd1385257639006c539b.html].

UPS's 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 discloses environmental remediation contingencies and related claims characterized as immaterial as of March 31, 2026. Corresponding insurance recoveries are booked to Accounts receivable. The filing states that resolution of underlying matters could produce additional charges in future periods that cannot be reasonably estimated at this time [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026031154/ups-20260331.htm]. Within NAICS 492110, the parent legal-name record "UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (UPS)" in ECHO shows 11 linked facilities, 8 violation-quarters over the prior 24 months, and $10,640,000 in allocated penalties — placing the corporate-level record above the two other UPS-named NAICS 492110 peer entries on penalty volume [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

Action 1 — EPA Region 6 RCRA Settlement (announced June 16, 2021): EPA Region 6 entered a consent agreement and final order with United Parcel Service, Inc. and TForce Freight, Inc. resolving alleged hazardous waste regulation violations at 183 facilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. The order imposed a $3,800,000 civil penalty and established a 24-month corrective compliance schedule across all 183 Region 6 locations, with full compliance required by mid-2023 [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement].

Action 2 — EPA Nationwide RCRA Consent Agreement (announced October 19, 2022): EPA announced a settlement with UPS resolving alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at 1,160 facilities across 45 states and the territory of Puerto Rico. Specific allegations included failure to make land disposal determinations and improper on-site management of hazardous waste. The consent agreement and final order requires UPS to implement environmental policies designed to prevent future noncompliance across the covered facility footprint — the broadest single enforcement action documented in UPS's ECHO record [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide].

Action 3 — Norwalk facility ECHO record (as of 2026-05-06): EPA ECHO reports the Norwalk facility (FRS 110002492749) with zero formal violations in the trailing 24 months and an allocated penalty figure of $2,120,000. That figure is calculated per ECHO Exporter methodology as 24/60 of the five-year penalty total attached to this facility identifier. No per-program breakdown — CWA, CAA, or RCRA — appears in the ECHO summary record for this specific facility [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

Action 4 — SEC-disclosed environmental contingency (10-Q filed 2026-05-06): As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, UPS recorded immaterial contingencies related to environmental remediation and other claims in Other current liabilities, with corresponding insurance recoveries in Accounts receivable. The filing references an unspecified incident for which UPS holds insurance coverage and is continuing to assess environmental and business impact. Additional charges and recoveries are characterized as reasonably possible but not reasonably estimable, leaving the financial envelope of the matter open [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026031154/ups-20260331.htm].

1) UPS - Norwalk (FRS 110002492749), Norwalk, CT — The single ECHO-linked facility for the CTNLK record carries zero violation-quarters in the 24-month window and an allocated penalty figure of $2,120,000 under ECHO's pro-rata five-year derivation. The ECHO record shows no active permits and no top-pollutant entries for this facility. The EJ index average is 0.0 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

2) Norden Place distribution context, Norwalk, CT — A separate proposed distribution center at Norden Place in East Norwalk generated documented community opposition in 2020-2021. A petition with over 1,710 signatures was filed with the Norwalk Zoning Commission on 2021-02-05, articulating neighborhood objections to the project [source: https://www.norwalkct.gov/DocumentCenter/View/21566/NORDEN-6-20SP-OPPOSITION-PETITION-AS-OF-2-4-21]. Local reporting documents a Strawberry Hill Avenue rally in early February 2021, organized by the East Norwalk Neighborhood Association [source: https://www.nancyonnorwalk.com/east-norwalk-mounts-powerful-opposition-to-proposed-norden-place-distribution-center/]. That opposition record, centered on traffic volumes and associated emissions from distribution vehicles, provides relevant land-use and air-quality context for any logistics expansion in the immediate Norwalk corridor.

3) UPS NAICS 492110 corporate record (parent ECHO record "UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (UPS)") — 11 ECHO-linked facilities, 8 violation-quarters in the trailing 24 months, $10,640,000 in derived penalties, no active permits, and no recorded top pollutants in the ECHO summary [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

4) UPS NAICS 492110 second corporate record ("UNITED PARCEL SERVICES") — 10 ECHO-linked facilities, 6 violation-quarters, and $6,424,160 in derived penalties [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

5) UPS NAICS 49211 third corporate record ("UNITED PARCEL SVC") — 16 ECHO-linked facilities, 6 violation-quarters, and $5,760,000 in derived penalties [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Three distinct legal-name strings across these ECHO records fragment UPS's national facility footprint, complicating any facility-to-parent rollup and warranting manual reconciliation when computing the company's full national environmental record.

The ECHO summary record for the Norwalk facility lists no top pollutants, consistent with a small-package logistics operation that holds no major air or water permit at this site [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. With no pollutant data available in the structured ECHO output for this facility, the relevant exposure pathways for a NAICS 492110 distribution center are drawn from the EPA enforcement record at the parent level rather than from facility-specific TRI or DMR loadings.

1) Hazardous waste streams under RCRA Subtitle C — EPA's October 2022 nationwide settlement specifically cited failure to make land disposal determinations and improper on-site management of hazardous waste at 1,160 UPS facilities. Implied exposure pathways include lithium-ion batteries, aerosols, and damaged-package consolidation typical of parcel logistics networks [source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. Toxicity profiles vary by waste code. Common parcel-network universal wastes include batteries, mercury-containing devices, and discarded pesticides.

2) PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) — EPA archived enforcement records document PCB regulatory exposure in Connecticut at the holding-company level, relevant to legacy-equipment storage at older logistics infrastructure [source: https://www.epa.gov/archive/epapages/newsroom_archive/newsreleases/119691a4eea7dd1385257639006c539b.html]. PCBs are regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act, which imposes strict storage, labeling, and disposal requirements on facilities holding equipment containing these compounds.

3) Mobile-source emissions and diesel particulate matter — UPS's own 2021 ESG materials acknowledge ground-fleet alternative-fuel and electrification targets, identifying diesel and gasoline combustion as the principal mobile-source exposure pathway for ground operations [source: https://about.ups.com/content/dam/upsstories/assets/social-impact/2021-esg-highlights-brochure/en_en_2021SustainabilityBrochure_V15.pdf.pdf]. Community opposition documents from East Norwalk specifically cite traffic volume and associated emissions as core land-use objections to nearby distribution buildouts [source: https://www.nancyonnorwalk.com/east-norwalk-mounts-powerful-opposition-to-proposed-norden-place-distribution-center/].

Within NAICS 492110 ECHO peer records, the three highest-penalty entities are all UPS-named corporate records, reflecting the fragmentation of UPS's national facility footprint across multiple legal-name strings in EPA's database. The CTNLK Norwalk single-facility record's $2,120,000 derived 24-month penalty figure sits well below the parent-level corporate record's $10,640,000 across 11 facilities, and below the second and third UPS records — $6,424,160 across 10 facilities and $5,760,000 across 16 facilities, respectively [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Taken together, the three peer records report 20 violation-quarters across 37 facilities. That aggregate corporate-level enforcement signal does not appear at the single Norwalk facility line.

UPS's 10-K filed 2026-02-17 describes a Customer First, People Led, Innovation Driven strategy and documents several material developments: healthcare-cold-chain acquisitions of Frigo-Trans and Andlauer Healthcare Group completed in 2025, an extension of RFID labeling to 5,500 UPS Store locations, and a December 2025 agreement with USPS for final-mile delivery of Ground Saver and Mail Innovations volumes beginning in 2026. Forward-looking-statement disclaimers in the filing direct readers to the Investor Relations website for material disclosures under Regulation FD. The Item 1A excerpt provided does not include a discrete environmental risk-factor paragraph for direct assessment [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. The 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 separately discloses that resolution of pending environmental remediation matters and related claims could produce additional charges and insurance recoveries in future periods that cannot be reasonably estimated at this time [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026031154/ups-20260331.htm].