# GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `24529`
- **Case Number:** 04-2001-1503
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $78K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (complaint) (settlement)
- MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

MSFC DID NOT SUBMIT ITS INITIAL COMPLIANCE NOTIFICATION      UNTIL AUGUST 1998, 8 MONTHS AFTER THE COMPLIANCE DATE OF     DECEMBER 2, 1997.  THEREFORE, MSFC WAS IN VIOLATION OF       40 CFR 63.468(E).                                            MSFC DID NOT SUBMIT SEMIANNUAL EXCEEDANCE REPORTS FOR        THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1998 TO JUNE 1998, BY THE              DESIGNATED DATE JULY 31, 1998.  MSFC'S SEMIANNUAL            EXCEEDANCE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED ON APRIL 28, 1999.           THEREFORE, MSFC WAS IN VIOLATINO OF 40 CFR 63.468(H).        MSFC EXCEEDED THE APPLICABLE 3-MONTH ROLLING AVERAGE         FOR TANK 4760-50A DURING 3 SEPARATE PERIODS OF TIME;         THEREFORE, MSFC WAS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 63.464(A)(1)(II). MSFC EXCEEDED THE APPLICABLE 3-MONTH ROLLING AVERAGE         FOR TANK 4760-42 DURING 3 SEPARATE PERIODS OF TIME;          THEREFORE, MSFC WAS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 63.464(A)(1)(II). MSFC HAD INCOMPLETE RECORDS OF SOLVENT ADDITION TO ITS       SOLVENT CLEANING MACHINES AS WELL AS THE SOLVENT             COMPOSITION WASTES THAT WERE REMOVED; THEREFORE, MSFC        WAS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 63.467(C)(II).                    10/15/01 - PENALTY PAID; CASE CLOSED.

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