# MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `10889`
- **Case Number:** 03-1986-0725
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $130K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY (MSA) IS THE OWNER & OPER- ATOR OF AN EXISTING HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY LO-  CATED ON MARS ROAD IN EVANS CITY, PA. MSA SUBMITTED TO EPA A TIMELY NOTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITY FOR THE FA-  CILITY, PURSUANT TO RCRA SEC 3010(A), 42 USC SEC 6930(A), &  A TIMELY PART A PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE FACILITY, PURSU-  ANT TO 40 CFR SEC 270.10 & 270.70 AND THEREBY OBTAINED IN-   TERIM STATUS UNDER RCRA SEC 3005(E), 42 USC SEC 6925(E), FOR SEVERAL HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE & TREATMENT UNITS AT THE FA- CILITY.                                                         MSA FAILED TO IDENTIFY 2 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS IN ITS PART A PERMIT APPLICATION: 1) A SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT   USED FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR STORAGE OF ACID WASTES & SEW-  AGE GENERATED AT THE MSA FACILITY (ACID POND); AND 2) A 2ND  SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT USED FOR TREATMENT AND/OR STORAGE OF     CAUSTIC WASTES GENERATED AT THE MSA FACILITY (CAUSTIC POND). AS A RESULT OF MSA'S FAILURE TO INCLUDE THESE UNITS ON ITS   PART A, THESE UNITS NEVER TECHNICALLY QUALIFIED FOR INTERIM  STATUS.                                                         DESPITE ITS FAILURE TO OBTAIN INTERIM STATUS FOR THE A-   BOVE DESCRIBED UNITS, MSA HAS CONTINUED TO TREAT AND/OR      STORE HAZARDOUS WASTES IN THOSE UNITS SINCE 11/19/80, THE    EFFECTIVE DATE OF EPA'S REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING RCRA SUB-   TITLE C, AND CONTINUES TO TREAT AND/OR STORE HAZARDOUS       WASTES IN THOSE UNITS AT THE PRESENT TI

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