# SILVERTONE PLATING
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27776`
- **Case Number:** 05-1991-0183
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SILVERTONE PLATING, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

WE ARE SEEKING THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT AGAINST SILVERTONE  PLATING COMPANY, INC., AN ELECTROPLATING COMPANY IN          YPSILANTI, MI WHICH GENERATES SPENT STRIPPING AND CLEANING   BATH SOLUTIONS CONTAINING CHROMIC ACID AND CYANIDE, ALONG    WITH OTHER RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTES.  AN INSPECTION IN 1987     REVEALED MANY GENARATOR AND TSDF REGULATION VIOLATIONS.  THE COMPANY ENTERED INTO A CAFO IN APRIL 1988 WITH USEPA UNDER   WHICH THE COMPANY AGREED TO SUBMIT AND IMPLEMENT A CLOSURE   PLAN FOR THE FACILITY, TO REMOVE ALL HAZARDOUS WASTE STORED  ON SITE OVER 90 DAYS AND TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE       HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE AND GENERATOR REGULATIONS.  SILVER-  TONE HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED TO HONOR ITS CAFO OBLIGATIONS.    BY FILING THIS ACTION, USEPA SEEKS AN ORDER REQUIRING SUB-   MITTAL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CLOSURE PLAN; COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE GENERATOR AND STORAGE REGULATIONS AND PAYMENT OF A CIVIL PENALTY, ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS.

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