UNITED PARCEL SVC WEST CHESTER FAC

UNITED PARCEL SVC WEST CHESTER FAC, a two-facility record set (EPA IDs 110001139107 and 110059899855) within the broader UPS enterprise (CIK 0001090727, NYSE: UPS), carries three quarters of noncompliance within the trailing 24 months and a derived penalty total of $2,121,595 attributable to that window, per EPA ECHO exporter data as of May 4, 2026 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. That figure sits inside a parent company that disclosed $88.7 billion in 2025 revenue and delivered 5.2 billion packages during the year, according to its Form 10-K filed February 17, 2026 [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. Scale matters here. Two facilities generating $2.12 million in derived penalties represent a small fraction of the enterprise's physical footprint, yet the West Chester record set sits within a NAICS 492110 peer grouping where three UPS-legal-name variants collectively account for at least 20 violation-quarters and $22.8 million in derived 24-month penalties [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The dominant enforcement datum anchoring the public record is a June 16, 2021 EPA Region 6 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) settlement with United Parcel Service, Inc. and TForce Freight, Inc. That agreement covered 183 facilities across Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas, imposed a $3.8 million civil penalty, and set a 24-month corrective program [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. The corrective-action window ran into mid-2023, overlapping the current ECHO 24-month lookback period. UPS's own ESG disclosures commit the company to carbon neutrality by 2050, 100% renewable electricity at facilities by 2035, and 30% sustainable aviation fuel by 2035 [source: https://about.ups.com/content/dam/upsstories/assets/social-impact/2021-esg-highlights-brochure/en_en_2021SustainabilityBrochure_V15.pdf.pdf]. This briefing sets those commitments alongside the measured ECHO and SEC data to identify where the public record confirms, extends, or leaves gaps in the picture.

EPA ECHO records two facilities under the West Chester entity slug, with zero active permits currently listed and a latest permit action dated May 17, 2022 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The 24-month violation count stands at three quarters with noncompliance flags. The derived penalty figure of $2,121,595 is calculated by the ECHO exporter's stated method of prorating five-year totals using a 24/60 weighting [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. One data point warrants a direct clarification: the EJ index average is reported as 0.0, which in the ECHO schema reflects either suppressed or non-populated demographic overlays rather than a measured absence of exposure. Readers should treat that zero as a data-availability artifact, not a finding of nil community exposure.

The material enforcement event bracketing the current 24-month window is the June 16, 2021 EPA Region 6 RCRA settlement. Named respondents were United Parcel Service, Inc. and TForce Freight, Inc. The agreement covered 183 locations and imposed a $3.8 million penalty plus a 24-month compliance schedule [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. That corrective-action window extended into mid-2023, placing it squarely within the current ECHO lookback. In parallel, UPS filed its 2025 annual report on February 17, 2026 and its most recent Form 10-Q on November 5, 2025; the 10-Q environmental excerpt returned empty from the filing text pulled for this briefing [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828025049661/ups-20250930.htm].

The compliance picture is further complicated by a wave of announced facility closures. TheStreet reported in February 2026 that UPS named 22 union-worker facilities slated for closure nationwide [source: https://thestreet.com/retail/ups-reveals-22-facilities-to-close-nationwide]. Closures carry their own regulatory obligations — tank removals, hazmat staging area decommissioning, and potential soil or groundwater assessment — none of which are yet quantified in the public ECHO record. The Post and Courier reported on March 22, 2026 that UPS was relocating jobs out of a West Columbia, South Carolina distribution hub, though UPS denied an outright closure [source: https://postandcourier.com/columbia/business/west-columbia-sc-ups-relocation-jobs/article_10fcb46b-750c-4192-ae70-4fb2ed221195.html]. WDRB reported a Louisville facility closure affecting dozens of workers [source: https://wdrb.com/news/business/dozens-of-workers-impacted-by-upcoming-ups-closure-in-louisville/article_6aa200b3-3eb2-4c7c-a37b-e4dce1fe1304.html]. Separately, a West Chester Borough environmental covenant dated 2024 references 205 and 219 Lacey Street under the Pennsylvania Uniform Environmental Covenants Act, illustrating the density of deed-restricted parcels in the borough; it does not implicate UPS directly [source: https://www.west-chester.com/DocumentCenter/View/26659/VII-D-2--Draft-Environmental-Covenant].

The principal documented UPS enforcement action relevant to the compliance posture of the West Chester record set is the EPA Region 6 administrative settlement announced June 16, 2021. The Consent Agreement and Final Order named United Parcel Service, Inc. and TForce Freight, Inc. as respondents. It covered 183 facilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas; alleged violations of federal hazardous waste regulations under RCRA; imposed a civil penalty of $3,800,000; and required corrective compliance across the covered sites within 24 months [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. EPA noted that the matter was resolved expeditiously in part because the respondents cooperated and agreed to enhanced compliance programs [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement].

At the West Chester record-set level, ECHO's exporter reports three quarters with noncompliance within the trailing 24 months and a derived penalty figure of $2,121,595, computed as the five-year penalty total multiplied by 24/60 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. That arithmetic is the exporter's own methodology, not an independent calculation. The exporter does not, at the slug-level summary, break out the specific program — CWA, CAA, or RCRA — for each quarter of noncompliance at the West Chester record set. Analysts requiring program-specific line items should pull the underlying ICIS-FE&C detail for facility IDs 110001139107 and 110059899855 directly from ECHO.

One disambiguation is necessary. A separate 2015 Region 3 RCRA matter involving United Color Manufacturing, Inc. of Philadelphia appears in the source bundle [source: https://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/rhc/epaadmin.nsf/Filings/006DCA2A087C2A0185257DFA00213D38/$File/United%20Color%20Manufacturing,%20Inc.,%20RCRA,%20SCAFO.pdf]. That action is entirely unrelated to UPS and is noted here only to prevent citation confusion between the two Pennsylvania-linked RCRA records.

The two EPA IDs associated with the West Chester slug — 110001139107 and 110059899855 — are the only facilities carried in the ECHO exporter record for this entity [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The ECHO summary lists an EJ index average of 0.0 and no top pollutants. That absence is consistent with facilities whose primary regulatory program is RCRA hazardous-waste generator status rather than TRI or CWA discharge reporting; the exporter simply does not populate demographic overlays for this slug.

The broader UPS enterprise tells a different story at scale. The NAICS 492110 peer bench includes a record set under the legal name UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (UPS) covering 11 facilities, eight violation-quarters, and $10.64 million in derived 24-month penalties [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. A second variant, UNITED PARCEL SERVICES, covers 10 facilities with six violation-quarters and $6.42 million [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. A third, UNITED PARCEL SVC, covers 16 facilities with six violation-quarters and $5.76 million [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The West Chester slug's two facilities and $2.12 million derived penalty place it below these larger enterprise aggregations but within the same NAICS class — and at a per-facility rate that exceeds several of the larger groupings.

Facility closures add a forward dimension to the per-facility picture. The West Columbia, SC distribution hub has been identified in press reporting as subject to job relocation; the Post and Courier reported UPS denied an outright closure but confirmed restructuring impacts [source: https://postandcourier.com/columbia/business/west-columbia-sc-ups-relocation-jobs/article_10fcb46b-750c-4192-ae70-4fb2ed221195.html]. The Louisville, KY facility closure reported by WDRB affects dozens of workers [source: https://wdrb.com/news/business/dozens-of-workers-impacted-by-upcoming-ups-closure-in-louisville/article_6aa200b3-3eb2-4c7c-a37b-e4dce1fe1304.html]. Across the 22-facility closure list reported by TheStreet in February 2026, closure-related environmental obligations — tank closures, hazmat staging area decommissioning, and potential soil or groundwater assessment — are the principal forward items not currently quantified in the public ECHO record [source: https://thestreet.com/retail/ups-reveals-22-facilities-to-close-nationwide].

The ECHO exporter returns an empty top_pollutants list for the West Chester slug [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. That gap does not mean the facilities are clean; it means the primary regulatory program here is RCRA hazardous-waste generator status, which does not feed TRI chemical-release reporting. Three pollutant categories are relevant to parcel-logistics facilities of this type. First, RCRA-regulated hazardous waste streams — damaged-shipment hazardous materials consolidation, spill residues, and used oil — were the categories at issue in the 2021 multi-state consent agreement covering 183 facilities [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. Second, diesel particulate matter and nitrogen oxides from ground fleet and yard operations, which UPS's own decarbonization roadmap addresses through a target of 40% alternative fuel in ground operations by 2025 [source: https://about.ups.com/content/dam/upsstories/assets/social-impact/2021-esg-highlights-brochure/en_en_2021SustainabilityBrochure_V15.pdf.pdf]. Third, stormwater constituents associated with large impervious-surface yards, which fall under Clean Water Act multi-sector general permits administered at the state level.

Exposure pathways for workers and fenceline residents at RCRA-regulated parcel hubs include inhalation during handling or spill events and potential soil and groundwater pathways at long-tenured sites. These pathways are not quantified in the ECHO exporter for this slug, but they are the standard framework regulators apply when evaluating hazardous-waste generator compliance at facilities of this type.

One geographic distinction matters for the environmental justice dimension. The West Chester, PA location referenced in the slug name is in Chester County. Chester, PA — in Delaware County — has been the subject of extensive documentation of cumulative pollution burden on a majority-African-American population [source: https://ejnet.org/chester/kurtz_article/] [source: http://www.ejnet.org/chester/ewall_article.html]. The two municipalities are separate jurisdictions with distinct regulatory and demographic histories. Readers should not conflate them; the West Chester Borough record relates to Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Across the three NAICS 492110 peer record sets that share the UPS corporate family, derived 24-month penalties total approximately $22.82 million on 20 violation-quarters and 37 facilities [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The per-facility penalty rate is where the West Chester slug stands out. At roughly $1.06 million per facility, it runs above the UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (UPS) parent slug at approximately $0.97 million per facility, and well above the UNITED PARCEL SERVICES variant at approximately $0.64 million per facility [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. Two facilities generating that rate is a different compliance profile than 11 or 16 facilities generating a lower one. All four slugs report an EJ index average of 0.0, reflecting an exporter-level absence of demographic overlay rather than a measured exposure floor.

The 10-K filed February 17, 2026 for fiscal year 2025 contains forward-looking statement language cautioning investors not to unduly rely on predictions and noting that UPS does not undertake obligations to update forward-looking statements except as required by law [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. The excerpt available in the bundle emphasizes strategic execution under the Customer First, People Led, Innovation Driven framework; the December 2025 USPS final-mile agreement beginning 2026; and healthcare-cold-chain acquisitions including Frigo-Trans and Andlauer Healthcare Group, which together contributed to more than $11 billion in 2025 healthcare revenue [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. Those acquisitions bring new facility footprints and associated regulatory obligations that are not yet reflected in the ECHO record. Specific environmental risk factor text was not surfaced in the excerpt provided; analysts requiring the full Item 1A environmental risk language should consult the complete filing at the cited URL.