# BADGER METER INC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2005 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `158164`
- **Case Number:** 05-2005-9703
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- BADGER METER INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

A Compliance Evaluation Inspection was conducted on April 29, 2004.  A Notice of Violation was issued on August 11, 2004 which documented violations for failing to meet conditions of a hazardous waste license exemption.  Badger Meter submitted documentation dated August 31, and October 25, 2004 which indicated that they replaced a polyethylene hazardous waste storage tank with a carob steel tank.  The carbon steel tank was subsequently assessed/certified by an independent, Licensed Professional Engineer.  On September , 2005, Region 5 filed a combination Complaint/Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) simultaneously initiating and resolving an administrative penalty and compliance action against Badger Meter, Inc. (Badger Meter) located at 4545 W Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  The CAFO resolves the company�s alleged violations regarding failure to comply with conditions for a hazardous waste storage license exemption.  The alleged noncompliances included failure to obtain a hazardous waste tank assessment/certification, failure to properly train employees engaged in hazardous waste management operations, failure to label containers of hazardous waste, failure to keep containers of hazardous waste stored closed, failure to maintain a list of emergency equipment at the facility, and failure to document the time of weekly hazardous waste area inspections.  The CAFO requires Badger Meter to pay a civil penalty of $105,400.  Badger Meter documented compliance with th

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