# WHITEHALL LEATHER CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28115`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0293
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $550K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GENESCO, INC.
- WHITEHALL LEATHER CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

U.S. EPA, REGION V RECOMMENDS THE FILLING OF A CIVIL   ACTION AGAINST THE WHITEHALL LEATHER COMPANY (WLC) SEEKING   THE IMPOSITION OF A SUITABLE CIVIL PENALTY AND INJUNCTIVE    RELIEF FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF POLLUTANTS TO A PUBLICLY      OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW) OPERATED BY THE MUSKEGON COUNTY WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MUSKEGON COUNTY WWMS), IN      EXCESS OF THAT ALLOWED UNDER APPLICABLE PRETREATMENT         STANDARDS, IN VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT (THE ACT).          SECTION 307 (D) OF THE ACT, 33 U.S.C. 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 UNITED STATES FROM ADVERSE    IMPACTS THAT MAY OCCUR WHEN NON-DOMESTIC POLLUTANTS ARE      DISCHARGED INTO A SEWAGE SYSTEM.                                   AS EXPLAINED IN GREATER DETAIL WITHIN, WLC OPERATES A  LEATHER TANNING AND FINISHING PLANT IN WHITEHALL. MICHIGAN.  WLC IS IN VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABEL CATEGORICAL            LIMITATIONS FOR THE LEATHER TANNING INDUSTRY, SPECIFIED AT   40 CFR 425.  AS AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USER, THE CATEGORICAL LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO WLC ARE SULFIDE, TOTAL CHROMIUM,   AND PH (40 CFR 425.15).  THIS REFERRAL DOES NOT SEEK THE     ENFORCEMENT OF ANY LOCAL LIMITS, SINCE THE

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