# MARLETTE PLATING COMPANY, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1907`
- **Case Number:** 02-1984-0026
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MARLETTE PLATING COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE IS REFERRED FOR PURPOSE OF SEEKING THE IMPOSI-   TION OF A SUITABLE CIVIL PENALTY & INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR     THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS TO A MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT  PLANT IN EXCESS OF THAT ALLOWED UNDER APPLICABLE PRETREAT-   MENT REGULATIONS IN VIOLATION OF THE CWA.                      THE DEFENDANT, MARLETTE PLATING COMPANY, INC., A COMPANY   ENGAGED IN ELECTROPLATING, HAS NO PRETREATMENT EQUIPMENT     INSTALLED AT PRESENT EXCEPT FOR PH NEUTRALIZATION.  IT HAS   BEEN REPORTED THAT IT WILL NOT HAVE NEEDED PRETREATMENT IN-  STALLED UNTIL JULY 1, 1985.  IN THE INTERIM, IT MIGHT BE     EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO VIOLATE THE APPLICABLE PRETREATMENT  STDS. IF INTERIM PRETREATMENT TECHNOLOGY IS NOT INSTALLED.     RELIEF SOUGHT INCLUDES A CIVIL PENALTY TO REMOVE THE ECO-  NOMIC BENEFIT THAT MIGHT BE DERIVED FROM NOT MEETING PRE-    TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR 20 MONTHS.  FURTHER, AN INJUNCTION   SHOULD BE SOUGHT TO ENSURE THAT THE SCHEDULE TO ACHIEVE      COMPLIANCE BY DECEMBER 1985 IS CARRIED OUT.  BOTH TYPES OF   RELIEF ARE INCLUDED IN A PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE, MODELED    ON THE GENERAL MOTORS' CONSENT DECREE, WHICH HAS BEEN        NEGOTIATED WITH MARLETTE.                                      THE MARLETTE PLATING COMPANY, INC. IS A NEW YORK CORPORA-  TION WHICH OWNS THE ELECTROPLATING FACILITY AT 25 RANO ST.   IN BUFFALO, NY.  THE FACILITY IS A NON-INTEGRATED JOB SHOP   DOING METAL FINISHING & ELECTROPLATING.  THE MATERIALS PLA-  TED INCLUDE ZINC (APPROXIMATELY 90% OF

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