# LEHIGH CARTING CO
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1853`
- **Case Number:** 02-1982-0044
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $4K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LEHIGH CARTING CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                              LEHIGH CARTING VIOLATED SEC. 114 OF THE CLEAN AIR       ACT WHEN IT FAILED TO RESPOND TO AN EPA INQUIRY W/IN THE     REQUIRED TIME PERIOD & SUBSEQUENTLY SUBMITTED INFORMATION    THAT REGION 2 LATER DETERMINED TO BE FALSE & INCOMPLETE.     LEHIGH DENIED THAT INCINERATION OCCURRED AT ITS BROOKLYN,    N.Y. FACILITY, BUT AFTER CONDUCTING AN INSPECTION PURSU-     ANT TO A COURT WARRANT, EPA ESTABLISHED THAT THE CO. WAS     ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL NIGHTTIME INCINERATION OF WOOD & OTHER    REFUSE. THE CASE REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PENALIZE A     SOURCE WHICH OPERATED CLANDESTINELY DURING THE NIGHT WITH    OUT REQUIRED AIR POLLUTION PERMITS OR CONTROLS & WHICH       HAD, IN THE PAST, ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL OPEN BURNING AT ITS     PLANT PREMISES.                                                   REGION 2 HAS REACHED A SETTLEMENT W/THE CO. PROVI-      DING FOR THE CESSATION OF THE ILLEGAL INCINERATION ACTI-     VITY & THE IMPOSITION OF A CIVIL PENALTY OF $4000. AS A      RESULT, THE CASE WILL PLACE MINIMAL STRAIN ON AGENCY RE-     SOURCES. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CO. HAS ALREADY SIGNED A CD    EMBODYING THIS SETTLEMENT.

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