# SOUTHLAND CORP
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1871`
- **Case Number:** 02-1983-0006
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $100K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOUTHLAND CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CASE SUMMARY                                              THE SOUTHLAND CORPORATION ( SOUTHLAND ) OPERATES A CUSTOM  AND SPECIALTY ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN     GREAT MEADOWS, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.                      ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1975, THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL     PROTECTION AGENCY ISSUED A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE      ELIMINATION SYSTEM ( NPDES ) PERMIT NO. NJ0005291            ( THE PERMIT ) UNDER SECTION 402 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT TO   ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY FOR THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS     AT THE GREAT MEADOWS FACILITY INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY      (DRAINAGE DITCH) OF THE PEQUEST RIVER, CLASSIFIED FW-2 TROUT MAINTENANCE. BY ITS TERMS, THE PERMIT BECAME EFFECTIVE ON    OCTOBER 31,1975 AND EXPIRED ON OCTOBER 31, 1980. THE PERMIT  REMAINS IN EFFECT BY VIRTUE OF THE A.P.A. AND STATE LAW      EQUIVALENT. TIMELY AND COMPLETE REAPPLICATION WAS MADE BY    SOUTHLAND. ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY CONVEYED THE ENTIRE      FACILITY TO SOUTHLAND ON OR ABOUT MAY 1, 1978. MODIFICATION  OF THE PERMIT (ATTACHMENT 1) WAS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A   STIPULATION DATED APRIL 28, 1978 SETTLING AN ADJUDICATORY    HEARING CONTESTING THE PERMIT (ATTACHMENT 2). ANY REFERENCE  IN THIS REPORT TO  THE PERMIT  MEANS  THE PERMIT AS          MODIFIED.                                                      THE PERMITS SETS FORTH DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS FOR OUTFALL   001 WHICH HAD TO BE ACHIEVED BY ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY     AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, SOUTHLAND, BY JULY 1, 

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