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ROLL COATER, INC.

Judicial · FY1988 · — · Litigated With Penalty · 26988

$2.09M
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1988-0292
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Litigated With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

309(A) ACTION FOR FAILURE TO REPORT DISCHARGE UNDER INDUSTRIAL WASTE PRETREATMENT PERMIT. - ACTION AGAINST A COIL COATER IN VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN WATER ACTS PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS. SPECIFICALLY, ROLL COATER HAS VIOLATED THE APPLICABLE COIL COATING PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS FOR CYANIDE, CHROME, ZINC AND COPPER AS SET FORTH AT 40 CFR PART 465. U.S. EPA IS REQUESTING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND CIVIL PENALTY OF NO LESS THAN $2,000,000 AND A STATUTORY MAXIMUM PENALTY OF $41,525,000. - ROLL COATER, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ARVIN INDUSTRIES IS A PROCESSOR OF COATED STEEL COILS. SINCE AT LEAST JUNE 1, 1986 THRU SEPT. OF 1989, ROLL COATER'S GREENFIELD, IN FACILITY DISCHARGED EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF METAL POLLUTANTS IN TO THE CITY OF GREENFIELD SEWER SYSTEM IN VIOLATION OF FEDE- RAL COIL COATING PRETREATMENT STANDARDS AND CONSEQUENTLY THE CLEAN WATER ACT.

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