# J.T. BAKER CHEM CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1868`
- **Case Number:** 02-1983-0003
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- J.T. BAKER CHEMICAL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE PROPOSED COMPLAINT FILED WITH THIS LITIGATION REPORT   SEEKS COMMENCEMENT OF A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST J.T. BAKER CHEM COMPANY, A SPECIALTY MANUFACTURER OF RELATIVELY SMALL LOTS   OF OVER 450 INORGANIC CHEMICALS, FOR CONTINUED VIOLATION OF  A NUMBER OF EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS LIMITED IN ITS NPDES    PERMIT.  IN ITS ACTION EPA SEEKS IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENAL-  TIES FOR VIOLATION OF NPDES PERMIT ISSUED TO BAKER AS        PERMITTEE PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL    ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1972, 33 USC SECTION 1251 ET SEQ., NOW THE CLEAN WATER ACT.  THE GOV'T ALSO SEEKS TO OBTAIN EQUITABLE   RELIEF AGAINST BAKER WITH A GOAL OF TERMINATING WHAT HAS     BEEN THE ESSENTIALLY CONTINUAL VIOLATIONS OF THE TERMS AND   CONDITIONS OF ITS PERMIT SINCE THE EFFECTIVE DATE, 7/31/74.    THE MAJOR PERMIT VIOLATION WHICH THE INJUNCTION SOUGHT     HEREIN ADDRESSES IS VIOLATION OF EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS CON-   TAINED IN BAKER'S PERMIT WHICH LIMIT AVERAGE AND MAXIMUM     DISCHARGE QUANTITIES OF CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EF-   FLUENT, INCLUDING BOD-5, TSS, AND AMMONIA NITROGEN.  AS A    RESULT OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION COMMENCED BY EPA ON MAY   29 1981 PURSUANT TO 33 USC SECTION 1319, ADDITIONAL VIOLA-   TIONS INVOLVING CHIEFLY LEAD, BUT TO A SMALLER EXTENT COPPER AND MERCURY AS WELL, WERE SUBSEQUENTLY EFFECTIVELY CURED BY  BAKER.                                                         BECAUSE A CONSENT DECREE (CD) HAS ALREADY BEEN FILED AND   APPROVED BY THE COURT, EPA SUBMITS HER

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