# ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26521`
- **Case Number:** 05-1987-0295
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $78K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ASHLAND CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

I.   SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE                                         ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY (DEFENDANT) OWNS AND OPERATES  A FACILITY IN AKRON, OHIO AT WHICH DEFENDANT CONDUCTS CHEM-  ICAL DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS.  THE FACILITY FORMERLY INCLU-  DED AN UNDERGROUND TANK, INTO WHICH ALL SPILLS OF HAZARDOUS  WASTS DURING TRANSFERS OF CHEMICALS ACCUMULATED.  DEFENDANT  OBTAINED  INTERIM STATUS  AUTHORITY UNDER RCRA TO OPERATE    ITS HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY IN 1980.                  AFTER VIOLATIONS OF RCRA INTERIM STATUS REGULATIONS     WERE DISCOVERED IN AN INSPECTION BY THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL   PROTECTION AGENCY (OEPA), U.S. EPA FILED AN ADMINISTRATIVE   COMPLAINT AND COMPLIANCE ORDER (COMPLAINT) ON SEPTEMBER 19,  1985.  THE ADMINISTRATIVE AJUDICATORY PROCEEDING INITIATED   BY THIS COMPLAINT WAS RESOLVED BY A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND    FINAL ORDER (CAFO) ISSUED MAY 21, 1986, TO WHICH DEFENDANT   AGREED ON MAY 6, 1987, AND IN WHICH DEFENDANT WAS REQUIRED,  INTER ALIA, TO CLOSE ITS STORAGE TANK IN ACCORDANCE WITH     RCRA INTERIM STATUS REGULATIONS AND AN APPROVED CLOSURE PLAN AND PAY $8,000.00 INI CIVIL PENALTIES.                            DEFENDANT HAS VIOLATED THE U.S. EPA CAFO BY FAILING TO  CLOSE ITS STORAGE TANK IN ACCORDANCE WITH RCRA INTERIM STAT- US REGULATIONS AND THE APROVED CLOSURE PLAN.

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