# CAMBRIDGE PLATING COMPANY INC
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `278`
- **Case Number:** 01-1993-0027
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $40K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CAMBRIDGE PLATING COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE REGION PROPOSES THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST     CAMBRIDGE PLATING COMPANY INC. FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND     PENALTIES UNDER SECTIONS 3002 AND 3008 OF RCRA FOR THE       COMPANY'S VIOLATION OF GENERATOR STANDARDS AND LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE.    AN INSPECTION OF THE COMPANY'S FACILITY BY EPA INSPECTORS ON MARCH 10, 1993 REVEALED THE FAILURE OF CAMBRIDGE PLATING TO  OPERATE ITS FACILITY IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE HAZARD-   OUS WASTE GENERATOR STANDARDS, INCLUDING PERSONNEL TRAINING  REQUIREMENTS, HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINER MANAGEMENT REQUIRE-  MENTS, EXPORTS REGULATIONS, AND LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTION    REGULATIONS.                                                 AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION SEEKING PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF  $236,995 BE IMPOSED AND THAT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF BE SOUGHT (I) PROHIBITING CAMBRIDGE PLATING FROM STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE   AT THE FACILITY FOR GREATER THAN 90 DAYS, (II) PROHIBITING   CAMBRIDGE PLATING FROM OPERATING THE FACILITY IN VIOLATION   OF THE RCRA GENERATOR STANDARDS, (III) REQUIRING THE         FACILITY TO UNDERTAKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT OF ITS HAZARD-  OUS WASTE OPERATIONS, AND (IV) REQUIRING CAMBRIDGE PLATING   TO UNDERTAKE AN ANALYSIS OF THE WASTE MINIMIZATION AND       POLLUTION PREVENTION POTENTIAL OF THE FACILITY'S OPERATIONS.

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