# CALUMET CONTAINERS
> **Judicial** · FY1979 · — · Dismissed By Tribunal
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25036`
- **Case Number:** 05-1979-0074
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Dismissed By Tribunal
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- STEEL CONTAINER CORP (complaint)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:                                             CALUMET CONTAINERS OWNS & OPERATED A FACILITY IN        HAMMOND WHICH RECYCLED 55 GAL OPEN-HEAD & TIGHT-HEAD DRUMS.  CALUMET CONTAINERS IS A SMALL, CLOSELY-HELD CORPORATION.       CAUSE OF ACTION:                                                THE DRUM & PAIL INCINERATORS, PAINT SPRAY BOOTHS &      DRYING OVEN AT THIS FACILITY WERE IN VIOL OF THE IN STATE    IMPLEMENTATION PLAN LIMITATIONS ON HYDROCARBON & CARBON      MONOXIDE EMISSIONS. IN ADDITION, THE SOURCE SIGNED BUT       NEVER COMPLIED W/A DELAYED COMPLIANCE ORDER WHICH WAS        APPROVED BY EPA & WHICH REQUIRED COMPLIANCE W/THESE EMIS-    SION LIMITATIONS BY 12/31/78.                                ON 4/21/82 THE FACILITY CAUGHT FIRE & WAS ALMOST TOTALLY DE- STROYED. IT IS NOT NOW IN OPERATION.                           PROPOSED REMEDY:                                                THIS ACTION IS SEEKING TO ENJOIN OPERATION OF THE       FACILITY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE FACILITY HAS ACHIEVED        COMPLIANCE W/THE SIP. SPECIFICALLY, EPA WANTS THE SOURCE     TO INSTALL ON ENCLOSURE OVER THE DRUM INCINERATOR. THE       AGENCY IS ALSO SEEKING CIVIL PLTY'S FOR PAST VIOL'S.           NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES:                                  NONE.

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