# NOR-AM CHEMICAL COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27990`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0116
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $450K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NOR-AM CHEMICAL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CWA REFERRAL IS BASED ON NOR-AM CHEMICAL'S COMPANY'S    VIOLATIONS OF THE APPLICABLE PRETREATMENT DISCHARGE LIMITS   FOR TOLUENE AND CHLOROFORM. SECTION 307(D) OF THE ACT, 33    USC SECTION 1317(D), PROVIDES THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR  ANY OWNER OR OPERATOR OF ANY SOURCE TO OPERATE IN VIOLATION  OF ANY PRETREATMENT STANDARD AFTER THE COMPLIANCE DATE OF    THE STANDARD.  PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, THEIR COLLECTION      SYSTEMS, AND THE WATERS OF THE U.S. FROM ADVERSE IMPACTS     THAT MAY OCCUR WHEN NON-DOMESTIC POLLUTANTS ARE DISCHARED    INTO A SEWAGE SYSTEM.                                        -                                                            NOR-AM OWNS AND OPERATES A MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN         MUSKEON, MI WHERE IT PRODUCES PYROGALLOL,                    2,2-DIMETHOXYPROPANE, AND 2,3-ISOPROPYLIDENEDIOXYPHENOL      (NC-7312) WHICH ARE ULTIMATELY USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF     PESTICIDE BASED PRODUCTS.  THE PYROGALLOL PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCES NOR-AM'S REGULATED WASTESTREAM.  NOR-AM DISCHARGES  ITS PRETREATED AND NON-PRETREATED INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND      PROCESS WASTEWATER TO A PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS       (POTW), THE MUSKEGON COUNTY WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM I   (MCWMS).                                                     -                                                            THE PRETREATMENT STANDARDS FOR THE 2 POLLUTANTS AT ISS ARE   CONTAINED IN THE CATEGORICAL PRETREA

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