# AMERICAN MAIZE PRODUCTS COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28113`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0291
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $200K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMERICAN-MAIZE PRODUCTS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE IS REFERRED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING THE     IMPOSITION OF                                                ASUITABLE CIVIL PENALTY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR THE        INTRODUCTION                                                 OF POLLUTANTS BY AMERICAN-MAIZE INTO A PUBLICLY OWNED        TREATMENT                                                    WORKS OPERATED BY THE HAMMOND SANITARY DISTICT, IN EXCESS OF THAT                                                         ALLOWED UNDER APPLICABLE PRETREATMENT STANDARDS, IN          VIOLATION OF THE                                             CWA.                                                             BETWEEN 1987 AND THE PRESENT TIME, THE RESPONDENT        DISCHARGED FROM                                              ITS                                                          CORN WET-MILLING FACILITY IN HAMMOND, IN WASTEWATER          CONTAINING SUSPENDED                                         SOLIDS AND POLLUTANTS WHICH CAUSE BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. THE                                                          DISCHARGES VIOLATED FEDERALLY ENFORCEABLE LOCAL LIMITS SET   FORTH ON THE                                                 PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE HAMMOND SANITARY            DISTRICT'SINDUSTRIAL                                         WASTE ORDINANCE, AND THE PERITS ISSUED THERUNDER;            ADDITIONALLY, THE                                            DISCHARGES VIOLATED THE FEDERAL PRETREAT

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