# HERCULES INC
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `259`
- **Case Number:** 01-1993-0005
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $250K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HERCULES INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SECTIONS 307(B) AND (D) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C.    1317(B) AND (D); 40 C.F.R. PARTS 403 AND 414 ARE THE BASES   FOR PROPOSED ACTION AGAINST HERCULES INCORPORATED OF         CHICOPEE, MA. HERCULES HAS VIOLATED THE NATIONAL             PRETREATMENT STANDARD, FOUND AT 40 C.F.R. 403.5(B)(2),       PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER WITH A PH LOWER THAN 5.0 INTO A POTW SINCE AT LEAST APRIL 1986. HERCULES ALSO HAS VIOLATED THE DAILY MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PH LIMITATIONS        IMPOSED BY THE CITY OF CHICOPEE DURING THIS SAME PERIOD.     HERCULES ALSO VILATED THE NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT  STANDARDS FOR THE ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PLASTICS AND SYNTHETIC  FIBERS POINT SOURCE CATEGORY (40 C.F.R. PART 414) FROM       OCTOBER 1991 THRU AUGUST 1992. FINALLY ON JUNE 13, 1991,     HERCULES VIOLATED THE PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCHARGING        POLLUTANTS THAT PASS THROUGH THE POTW AT 40 C.F.R 403.5 BY   DISCHARGING PRODUCT THAT PASSED THROUGH THE CHICOPEE POTW    AND WAS DISCHARGED AS A WHITE PLUME INTO THE CONNECTICUT     RIVER. THE CONSENT DECREE OR COURT ORDERED INJUNCTION SHOULD REQUIRE THE FACILITY TO REGULARLY MONITOR ITS DISCHARGES     AND TO DEMONSTRATE CONTINUOUS COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS OVER A PERIOD OF UP TO TWELVE      MONTHS. IN ADDITION, HERCULES SHOULD PAY A CIVIL PENALTY.    ON MARCH 6, 1992, EPA REGION I SENT TO HERCULES A LETTER     PURSUANT TO 308 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. 1318,      SEEKING DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT I

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