# AMERICAN FELT & FILTER CO., INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1975`
- **Case Number:** 02-1985-0075
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $13K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMERICAN FELT AND FILTER CO INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE IS A DIRECT REFERRAL OF AMERICAN FELT AND FILTER CO., INC. TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR LITIGATION UNDER  THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND THE REFUSE ACT, REQUESTING THAT THE  DOJ INITIATE A CIVIL ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(B) OF    THE CWA, 33 USC 1319(B), AND THE REFUSE ACT, 33 USC 407 FOR  VARIOUS VIOLATIONS.                                            THIS CASE IS BEING REFERRED AS A DIRECT REFERRAL PURSUANT  TO THE LETTER AGREEMENT DATED 9/29/83, BETWEEN EPA & DOJ,    WHICH DESIGNATED CASES INVOLVING UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES BY  INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGERS AS CANDIDATES FOR REFERRAL DIRECTLY   FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICES TO DOJ.  THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OF-   FICE FOR THE S.D.N.Y. HAS REFERRED THIS CASE TO EPA FOLLOW-  ING SUBSTANTIAL INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING     DRAFTING OF A COMPLAINT, AND WOULD LIKE TO FILE ASAP.          THE VIOLATIONS UPON WHICH THE ACTION IS BASED ARE:         UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE IN VIOLATION OF THE CWA/301(A); DIS-  CHARGE OF REFUSE IN VIOLATION OF THE REFUSE ACT; & VIOLA-    TIONS OF TERMS & CONDITIONS OF SPDES PERMIT NO. NY0004421.     PROPOSED RELIEF SOUGHT INCLUDES:  INJUNCTIVE RELIEF UNDER  THE CWA AND RA TO REQUIRE CESSATION OF UNAUTHORIZED DIS-     CHARGE, COMPLIANCE WITH ALL TERMS & CONDITIONS OF PERMIT AND MITIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM; CIVIL PENALTIES OF $10,000 PER DAY PER VIOLATION UNDER CWA/309; AND INITIAL SETTLEMENT  PENALTIES OF $880,000.                                       **************************************

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