# INDIANA STEEL & WIRE
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26294`
- **Case Number:** 05-1986-0506
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $450K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $5.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- INDIANA STEEL & WIRE (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CASE SYNOPSIS                                  THE INDIANA STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY (DEFENDANT) STORES   SUPERNATANT FROM SPENT PICKLE LIQUOR TREATMENT, A HAZARDOUS  WASTE, IN A SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT AT ITS FACILITY WITHOUT A    PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS, IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 3005(A)    OF RCRA.  THE INTERIM STATUS OF DEFENDANT FOR ITS SURFACE    IMPOUNDMENT TERMINATED BY OPERATION OF LAW ON NOVEMBER 9,    1985, BECAUSE DEFENDANT DID NOT CERTIFY THAT THIS SURFACE    IMPOUNDMENT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE GROUND-    WATER MONITORING REQUIREMENTS AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3005    (E) (2).  IN AN INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY THE INDIANA DEPART-  MENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MAMAGEMENT (IDEM) ON JULY 16, 1986,    THE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTED THAT THE SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT IS    STILL BEING UTILIZED BY THE DEFENDANT FOR THE STORAGE OF THE SUPERNATANT, A LISTED HAZARDOUS WASTE.                            EXISTING GROUNDWATER MONITORING AND ELECTRICAL RESTIVI- TY TESTING AT DEFENDANT'S FACILITY HAVE DOCUMENTED THE RE-   LEASE OF CYANIDE, A HAZARDOUS WASTE, INTO THE ENVIRONMENT    FROM THE FACILITY.                                                THIS CIVIL LITIGATION REPORT REQUESTS THE INITIATION OF A CIVIL ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) FOR INJUNCTIVE    RELIEF AND PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SECTION 3005 AND   THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS, AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF UNDER    SECTION 3008(H) CORRECTIVE ACTION AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS THE   DOCUMENTED RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM THE FACILITY

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