# GREAT LAKES CASTING CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27890`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0007
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $350K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GREAT LAKES CASTING CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT A CIVIL COMPLAINT BE FILED AGAINST    GREAT LAKES CASTING CORP. PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008 OF THE    RCRA.  LOCATED IN LUDINGTON, MI, GREAT LAKES IS PRESENTLY    OPERATING 3 REGULATED SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS WITHOUT INTERIM   STATUS OR A PERMIT.                                          -                                                            GREAT LAKES FAILED TO SUBMIT A TIMELY PART  A  PERMIT APPLI- CATION BY THE 9/25/90, DEADLINE FOR TOXICITY CHARACTERISTICS WASTES.  THE SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS TESTED TC FOR LEAD.  AS    PART OF THE LEAD INITIATIVE, THE USEPA FILED AN ADMINISTRA-  TIVE COMPLAINT ON 7/31/91, AGAINST GREAT LAKES FOR OPERATING WITHOUT INTERIM STATUS.                                      -                                                            BEFORE AN AGREEMENT WIT GREAT LAKES COULD BE REACHED, THE    9/25/91, LOSS OF INTERIM STATUS DEADLINE FOR TC WASTE        ARRIVED.  EVERY LAND DISPOSAL FACILITY WAS REQUIRED TO SUB-  MIT ITS PART B PERMIT APPLICATION AND TO CERTIFY COMPLIANCE  WITH GROUNDWATER MONITORING, FINANCIAL AND CLOSURE REQUIRE-  MENTS.  ON 9/25/91, GREAT LAKES SUBMITTED ITS PART B APPLICA TION AND CERTIFICATIONS FOR ITS GROUNDWATER MONITORING       SYSTEM, CLOSURE AND FINANCIAL ASSURANCE.  HOWEVER, GREAT     LAKES FORMALLY INFORMED USEPA THAT IT WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN   LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR SUDDEN AND NONSUDDEN ACCIDENTAL      OCCURRENCES, AS REQUIRED UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 265.147.       -                                   

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