# CENTRAL METAL FINISHING
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2006 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `175905`
- **Case Number:** 01-2006-5007
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Central Metal Finishing (complaint)
## Summary

EPA INSPECTORS OBSERVED THAT CENTRAL METAL FINISHING WAS TREATING HAZARDOUS WASTES WITHOUT A PERMIT BY EVAPORATING WASTEWATERS AND PLATING BATHS GENERATED DURING ITS PLATING PROCESS. IN ADDITON, EPA INSPECTORS ALSO DETERMINED THAT CMF VIOLATED RCRA BY FAILING TO: INSPECT ITS HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE AREAS; TRAIN EMPLOYEES RSPONSIBLE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT; FAILING TO MARK ITS HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH REQUIRED INFORMATION; OBTAIN A WRITTEN ASSESSMENT OF THE INTEGRITY OF TANKS USED FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE STORGAE; AND KEEP HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINERS CLOSED. THROUGH THIS COMPLAINT, EPA SEEKS UP TO THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM PENALTY AND ORDERS CENTRAL METAL FINISHING TO REACH COMPLIANCE WITH SEVERAL RCRA REGULATIONS.

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