# UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `180`
- **Case Number:** 01-1989-0017
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $4.25M
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON JUNE 30, 1989, REGION I REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF     JUSTICE A SUIT AGAINST THE UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (UTC) OF HARTFORD CONNECTICUT.  THE REFERRAL PROPOSES FILING SUIT AGAINST UTC FOR NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF SUBTITLE C OF    RCRA AT FIVE PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING          FACILITIES WHICH ARE DIVISIONS OF UTC LOCATED IN             CONNECTICUT.  EPA RECOMMENDS SEEKING COMPLIANCE WITH ALL     APPLICABLE RCRA REQUIREMENTS AT ALL FIVE FACILITIES, AND THE PAYMENT BY UTC OF APPROXIMATELY $800,000 IN PENALTIES.  THE  CASE IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE PROPOSED      DEFENDANT, THE COMPANY'S LONG HISTORY OF NON-COMPLIANCE      AND RECALCITRANCE IN THE FACE OF EPA ENFORCEMENT             EFFORTS, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE ACTION WILL BOTH PROTECT    HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE FIVE FACILITIES AND  DETER SIMILARLY SITUATED COMPANIES FROM ENGAGING IN ENVIR-   ONMENTALLY HARMFUL PRACTICES.                                *****12/29/90****                                            SUPPLEMENTAL REFERRAL ( FACILITY AMMENDMENT) DESCRIBES       THE FAILURE OF THE HAMILTON STANDARD DIVISION OF UTC TO      COMPLY WITH THE INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES AND WITH          APPLICABLE HAZARDOUS GENERATOR STANDARDS.  THESE VIOLATIONS  WERE DETECTED 10/24-25/89.  ADDITIONALLY, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL  REFERRAL DESCRIBES HAMILTON STANDARD VIOLATIONS OF AN AUGUST 1989 ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT AGREEMEN

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