# M & V ELECTROPLATING CORP
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `275`
- **Case Number:** 01-1993-0024
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $5K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- M & V ELECTROPLATING CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL IS A REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE  ( DOJ ) TAKE ACTION TO ENFORCE AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT     AGREEMENT AND ORDER ENTERED IN THE ABOVE-REFERENCED EMERGEN- CY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA) CASE     INVOLVING M & V ELECTROPLATING CORP.(RESPONDENT). SPECIFI-   CALLY, EPA RECOMMENDS THAT DOJ FILE A MOTION TO OBTAIN       INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ORDERING RESPONDENT TO PAY THE CIVIL       PENALTY AND ALL OTHER AMOUNTS OWED UNDER CONSENT AGREEMENT   AND ORDER (THE  AGREEMENT ).                                   RESPONDENT OWNS AND OPERATES TWO ELECTROPLATING FACILITIES RESPONDENT IS OR WAS, AT THE TIME IT EXECUTED THE AGREEMENT, A MASSACHUSETTS CORPORATION WITH ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF      BUSINESS IN NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS. RESPONDENT APPEARS   TO HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PAY THE CIVIL PENALTY.             AFTER AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ( EPA ) INSPEC-   TION OF RESPONDENT'S FACILITIES, EPA FILED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST RESPONDENT (THE  COMPLAINT ). THE          COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 313 OF    EPCRA AND 40 C.F.R. PART 372 BY NOT SUBMITTING TOXIC         CHEMICAL RELEASE INVENTORY REPORTING FORMS FOR CERTAIN       CHEMICALS.                                                     TO SETTLE THE CASE, RESPONDENT ENTERED INTO THE AGREEMENT. EPA FILED THE AGREEMENT WITH THE REGIONAL HEARING CLERK ON   JANUARY 27, 1992. PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT, RESPONDENT      AGREED TO PERFORM A SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIR

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