# FORD MOTOR CO - ROMEO TRACTOR PLANT
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1984 · — · Source Agrees
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25327`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0087
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Source Agrees
- **Penalty assessed:** $38K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FORD MOTOR CO (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SINCE THE RESPONDENT DID NOT INCLUDE THE F006 LISTED       WASTE IN THE ORIGINAL PART A APPLICATION OR SUBMIT A REVISED PART A APPLICATION TO INCLUDE SAID WASTE PRIOR TO THE JULY   20, 1983, INSPECTTION, RESPONDENT VIOLATED 40 CFR 270.13(J)  AND 270.71(A)(1).                                              ON FEBRUARY 1, 1984, RESPONDENT SUBMITTED A REVISED PART A APPLICATION TO INCLUDE THE LISTED HAZARDOUS WASTE F006.        REGULATION 40 CFR 265.90(A) REQUIRES AN OWNER/OPERATOR TO  IMPLEMENT A GROUNDWATER MONITORING PROGRAM CAPABLE OF DETER- MINING THE IMPACT OF THE FACILITY'S SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS ON  THE QUALITY OF GROUNDWATER IN THE UPPERMOST AQUIFER UNDER-   LYING THE FACILITY BY NOVEMBER 19, 1981.                       AT THE TIME OF THE NOVEMBER 2, 1983, INSPECTION CONDUCTED  BY MDNR, THE OWNER/OPERATOR HAD NOT IMPLEMENTED A GROUND-    WATER MONITORING PROGRAM AND COULD NOT PROVIDE A WRITTEN     GROUNDWATER MONITORING WAIVER DEMONSTRATION FOR THE FACILI-  TY.  THEREFORE, THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED 40 CFR 265.90(A).      REGULATIONS 40 CFR 265.91, 265.92, 265.93 AND 265.94       ADDRESS SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF THE GROUNDWATER MONITORING     PROGRAM.  IN FAILING TO INITIATE A TIMELY GROUNDWATER        MONITORING PROGRAM AS REQUIRED IN 40 CFR 265.90(A), RES-     PONDENT HAS ALSO VIOLATED THOSE REGULATIONS RELEVANT TO THE  GROUNDWATER MONITORING PROGRAM:  40 CFR 265.91(A) - GROUND-  WATER MONITORING SYSTEM; 265.91(B) - WELL CONSTRUCTION;      265.92 - SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS; 266.93

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