# LS STARRET_COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `258`
- **Case Number:** 01-1993-0004
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $325K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LS STARRETT COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SECTIONS 307(B) AND (D) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C.    1317 (B) AND (D), SECTION 308(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33  U.S.C. 1318(A), 40 C.F.R. PARTS 403 AND 433 ARE THE STATU-   TORY AND REGULATORY BASES FOR PROPOSED ACTION AGAINST L.S.   STARRETT OF ATHOL, MA. STARRETT VIOLATED THE NATIONAL        CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS AT C.F.R. 433.15 FOR      EXISTING METAL FINISHING FACILITIES BY DISCHARGING WASTE-    WATER WITH CONCENTRATIONS OF COPPER, ZINC AND LEAD IN EXCESS OF DAILY MAXIMUM AND MONTHLY LIMITATIONS INTO THE ATHOL      PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS. STARRETT HAS ALSO VIOLATED   THE NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD, FOUND AT 40 C.F.R. 403.5 (B)(2) PROHIBITING THE DISHCHARGE OF WASTEWATER WITH A PH    LOWER THAN 5.0 INTO A POTW. ALSO, STARRETT VIOLATED GENERAL  PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS BY FAILING TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN   OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ST FORTH AT 40 C.F.R. 403.12.  IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE, STARRETT WILL   NEED TO INSTALL PRETREATMENT EQUIPMENT. REGION I RECENTLY    SETTLED AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST STARRETT FOR FAILURE   TO SUBMIT TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY REPORTS UNDER SECTION 313  OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT    OF  1986 (EPCRA) 42 U.S.C. 11001 ET SEQ. THE DECISION TO     INTIATE EPA ENFORCEMENT ACTION WAS MADE IN JULY, 1992 AFTER  RECEIPT OF MONITORING DATA SHOWING VIOLATIONS AND AFTER      REVIEW OF THE INFORMATION GATHERED DURING THE INSPECTION OF  THE FACILITY.

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