# JIM WALTER RESOURCES, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20253`
- **Case Number:** 04-1986-0049
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $110K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JIM WALTER RESOURCES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE  THE JIM WALTER RESOURCES, INC. (J.W.R. FACILITY IS LOCATED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. IN THE COURSE OF ITS PRO DUCTION PROCESS, J.W.R. GENERATES INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER      WHICH HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A CHARACTERISTIC HAZARDOUS      WASTE.SPECIFICALLY, J.W.R.'S INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER EXHIBITS  THE CHARACTERISTIC OF CORROSIVITY, AS DEFINED IN 40 C.F.R.   SECTION 261.22, AND HAS THE EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE NUMBER DOO2.   NATIONAL OR PRECEDENTIAL ISSUES  WHETHER PROHIBITING A FA- CILITY FROM RECEIVING HAZARDOUS WASTES & TERMINATING ITS IN- TERIM STATUS FOR FAILURE TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FINANCIAL    RESPONSIBILITY AND FINANCIAL ASSURANCE INSTRUMENTS VIOLATES  DUE PROCESS WHEN CONSIDERING THE RELATIVE IMPOSSIBILITY FOR  CERTAIN FACILITIES TO FIND SUCH COVERAGE?                      RELIEF SOUGHT  REGION IV IS REQUESTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT SEEK A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, AND A PRELIMINARY IN-    JUNCTION AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT       J.W.R. FROM CONTINUING TO STORE AND TREAT HAZARDOUS WASTE IN ITS SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS. FURTHER THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD RE-  QUEST THE COURT TO REQUIRE THE DEFENDANT TO (1) SUBMIT A CLO SURE PLAN, (2) COMPLY W/FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIRE-    MENTS THROUGH CLOSURE, (3) CLOSE, (4) APPLY FOR A POST-CLO-  SURE PERMIT, AND (5) TAKE CORRECTIVE MEASURES AS NECESSARY.  WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT CIVIL PENALITIES IN THE AMOUNT OF     $25,000 PER DAY BE ASSESSED AGAINST TH

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