# CERRO COPPER PRODUCTS CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26601`
- **Case Number:** 05-1987-0404
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1.40M
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CERRO COPPER PRODUCTS CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CERRO COPPER PRODUCTS CO. ( CERRO ) OF EAST ST. LOUIS, IL, OPERATES A COPPER PROCESSING FACILITY IN SAUGET, IL.  THE    FACILITY DISCHARGES APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION GALLONS OF     WASTEWATER PER DAY TO THE SAUGET PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL PLANT     ( P/C PLANT ), A PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS ( POTW ).      SECTION 307 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 42 USC S1317,  IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT INDIRECT DISCHARGES, SUCH AS CERRO,   FROM DISCHARGING TOXIC POLLUTANTS INTO A POTW IF SUCH POLLU- TANTS WILL EITHER INTERFERE WITH THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF,  OR PASS THROUGH, THE POTW.  PURSUANT TO SECT 307 OF THE CWA, THE ADMINISTRATOR PROMULGATED THE GENERAL PRETREATMENT REGU- LATIONS WHICH, INTER ALIA, IMPOSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON  SUBJECT FACILITIES.  THE ADMINISTRATOR ALSO PROMULGATED THE  NAT'L CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS ( NCPSS ), WHICH    SET EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR CATEGORIES OF INDUSTRIES WHICH  DISCHARGE INTO A POTW.                                         CERRO HAS VIOLATED BOTH SETS OF REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER WHICH REQUIRED COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENE RAL PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS.  FIRST, CERRO FAILED TO PRO-   VIDE THE USEPA WITH TIMELY AND COMPLETE INFORMATION, AS RE-  QUIRED BY THE GENERAL PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS; MOST NOTABLY CERRO HAS NOT, YET, SUBMITTED A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE.  IN     ADDITION, CERRO HAS VIOLATED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER WHICH   REQUIRED CERRO TO SUBMIT THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE GE- NERAL PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS.  FINAL

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