# KEYSTONE CONSOLIDATED
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25828`
- **Case Number:** 05-1986-0012
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $280K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KEYSTONE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                              THIS MATTER INVOLVES THE OPERATION OF A STEEL AND WIRE  MANUFACTURING PLANT WHICH GENERATES SPENT PICKLE LIQUOR THAT IS PLACED INTO SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS AND WASTE PILES.  SPENT  PICKLE LIQUOR FROM STEEL FINISHING OPERATIONS IS A LISTED    HAZARDOUS WASTE (KO62) UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 261.30, AND      PLACEMENT OF SUCH WASTE INTO A SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT OR WASTE  PILE SUBJECTS KEYSTONE, AS THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF AN      EXISTING HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY, TO THE RE-     QUIREMENTS OF RCRA.  KEYSTONE HAS NOT OBTAINED OR SUBMITTED  AN APPLICATION FOR A RCRA PERMIT, AND DOES NOT HAVE INTERIM  STATUS TO OPERATE A RCRA FACILITY.  IN ADDITION, KEYSTONE    HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH THE FINANCIAL OR GROUNDWATER REQUIRE-  MENTS OF THE LOIS PROVISIONS OF RCRA, AND HAS CONTINUED TO   PLACE HAZARDOUS WASTE INTO SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS AND WASTE    PILES, SUBSEQUENT TO NOVEMBER 8, 1985.                            THE KEYSTONE FACILITY HAS BEEN OPERATED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IN VIOLATION OF THE INTERIM STATUS PROVI-     SIONS OF RCRA.  KEYSTONE INITIALLY NOTIFIED THE U.S. EPA OF  HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITY ON AUGUST 15, 1980, AND SUBMITTED   A PART A PERMIT APPLICATION ON NOVEMBER 14, 1980, TO TREAT,  STORE OR DISPOSE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AT THE PEORIA FACILITY.  ON NOVEMBER 12, 1980, THE U.S. EPA REMOVED WASTE PICKLE      LIQUOR SLUDGE GENERATED BY LIME TREATMENT OF SPENT PICKLE    LIQUOR FROM STEEL FINISHING OPERATIONS

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