# ARISTECH CHEMICAL CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27084`
- **Case Number:** 05-1989-0021
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $72K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARISTECH CHEMICAL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ARISTECH HAS, ON A CONTINUING BASIS, VIOLATED THE TERMS OF ITS NPDES PERMIT NUMBER OH0007391.                             ARISTECH OWNS AND OPERATES A CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING FACILI TY IN HAVERHILL, OHIO.  ARISTECH'S NPDES PERMIT CREATED      SPECIFIC EFFLUENT LIMITS FOR ITS WASTE DISCHARES AT OUTFALL  NUMBER 602.  ACOORDING TO ARISTECH'S MONTHLY OPERATING       REPORTS, FROM MAY 1986 THROUGH MARCH 1988, ARISTECH VIOLATED THESE LIMITS OVER 130 TIMES.  IN PARTICULAR, ARISTECH VIOLA- TED THE LIMITS ON TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS, BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, FECAL COLIFORM, AND TOTOAL RESIDUAL CHLORINE.          ARISTECH MUST BE ENJOINED FROM OPERATING IN VIOLATION OF   ITS NPDES PERMIT.  ARISTECH MUST BE ASSESSED A CIVIL PENALTY THAT ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN THE BENEFIT COMPONENT FOR NON-   COMPLIANCE.  ARISTECH MUST BE HELD TO THE EFFLUENT LIMITS IN ITS PRESENT NPDES PERMIT AND TO CONSTRUCT IMPROVED TREATMENT CAPABILITY ACCORDING TO A FIXED, ENFORCEABLE COMPLIANCE      SCHEDULE.                                                    RECOMMENDATION                                                 THIS ACTION QUALIFIES AS A DIRECT REFERRAL.  THE LITIGA-   TION REPORT RECOMMENDS THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST  ARISTECH, SEEKING BOTH INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND THE ASSESSMENT  OF CIVIL PENALTIES.

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