# PRODUCTION PLATED PLASTICS
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Litigated With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25872`
- **Case Number:** 05-1986-0059
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $750K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PRODUCTION PLATED PLASTICS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROPOSED ACTION:  SECTION 3005 AND 3008 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT OF 1976, AS       AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6901 ET. SEQ.                       IDENTITY OF DEFENDANT:  PRODUCTION PLATED PLASTICS, INC.,  (DEFENDANT), 9899 EAST D AVENUE, RICHLAND, MICHIGAN, 49083.    ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:  DEFENDANT CONTINUES TO STORE AND      DISPOSE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE IN TWO LAND DISPOSAL UNITS AT     ITS RICHLAND, MICHIGAN, FACILITY WITHOUT MAINTAINING         INTERIM STATUS OR OBTAINING A RCRA PERMIT.  DEFENDANT LOST   INTERIM STATUS BECAUSE IT FAILED TO CERTIFY BY NOVEMBER 8,   1985, THAT ITS FACILITY WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICA-  BLE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS REQUIRED BY     SECTION 3005(E)(2) OF RCRA.                                    PROPOSED RELIEF:  A PERMANENT INJUNCTION WHICH WOULD       PROHIBIT DEFENDANT FROM STORING OR DISPOSING OF HAZARDOUS    WASTE IN LAND DISPOSAL UNITS AT ITS FACILITY, AND WHICH      WOULD REQUIRE DEFENDANT TO CLOSE ITS ON-SITE LAND DISPOSAL   UNITS.  IN ADDITION, THE AGENCY RECOMMENDS THAT A CIVIL      PENALTY BE ASSESSED PURSUANT TO RCRA SECTION 3008(G).          RECENT CONTACTS WITH DEFENDANT:  ON MAY 14, 1986, THE      MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE U.S.        ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY VISITED AT THE DEFENDANT'S   FACILITY, AND OBSERVED DEFENDANT STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE IN  ITS ON-SITE WASTE PILE, AND TREATING AND STORING HAZARDOUS   WASTES IN ITS ON-SITE SURFACE IMPOUNDM

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