# DETROIT, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Source Agrees
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27034`
- **Case Number:** 05-1988-0338
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Source Agrees
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DETROIT, CITY OF (complaint)
## Summary

THE CITY OF DETROIT THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEV ELOPMENT(CEDD) OWNS THE OLD MACK AVENUE STAMPING PLANT (OLD  MACK) LOCATED AT 11631 MACK AVE., DETROIT, MI., AND HAS VIO- LATED POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) MANUFACTURING, PROCES SING, DISTRIBUTION IN COMMERCE, AND USE PROHIBITIONS PROMUL- GATED AND ENFORCEABLE UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2601 ET SEQ.                                 IN DECEMBER 1982, DETROIT BOUGHT OLD MACK FROM ITS ORIGIN- AL OWNER, CHRYSLER CORPORATION.  DETROIT, HOWEVER, DID NOT   TAKE PHYSICAL POSSESSION OF THE FACILITY UNTIL 1984.  IN FEB RUARY 1983, THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES     (MDNR) INSPECTED OLD MACK; ADN FOUND NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF  THE PCB REGULATIONS AND TSCA.  AS A RESULT OF THIS INSPEC-   TION, THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY(U.S  EPA), REGION V FILED A CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT        AGAINST DETROIT AND CHRYSLER IN NOVEMBER 1983.  THE PARTIES  SETTLED THE MATTER THROUGH A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL OR- DER IN APRIL 1985.                                             ON OCTOBER 30, 1986, DECEMBER 3, 1986, AND DECEMBER 9,     1986, U.S. EPA AND MDNR AGAIN INSPECTED OLD MACK.  THESE IN- SPECTIONS REVEALED NEW VIOLATIONS OF THE PCB REGULATIONS AND TSCA.  A SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT WAS FILED AGAINST   DETROIT ON APRIL 14, 1987.  IN JUNE 1987, DETROIT CONTRACTED TO HAVE PCB SCREENING PERFORMED AT OLD MACK.  THIS SCREENING REVEALED WIDE-SPREAD CONTAMINATION, WI

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