# UNION TANK CAR
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28396`
- **Case Number:** 05-1993-0848
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $200K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- UNION TANK CAR (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE LITIGATION REPORT FOR THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION FOR   PENALTIES ON VIOLATIONS BY UNION TANK CAR (UTC) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.  THE UTC FACILITY IN EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA IS     VIOLATING ITS CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA) INDUSTRIES USER PERMIT   FOR WASTEWATER DISCHARGES TO THEEAST CHICAGO TREAATMENT      WORKS. THIS ACTION WOULD BE PART OF THE AGENCY'S NORTHWEST   INDIANA GEOGRAPHIC ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE AND GREAT LAKE     WATER QUALTITY INITIATIVE.                                   UNION TANK CAR (UTC) COMPANY FABRICATES, MODIFIES AND        REPAIRS RAILROAD TANK CARS AT ITS EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA      FACILITY (FACILITY).  ITS OPERATIONS PRODUCE SEVERAL         WASTEWATER STREAMS, WHICH IT DISCHARGES BY PERMITS THROUGH   THREE OUTFALLS INTO THE SEWERS OF EAST CHICAGO.  ON JULY 30, 1991, A RECONNAISSANCE INDUSTRIAL USER INSPECTION WAS MADE   AT THE FACILITY BY U.S. EPA.  THE AGENCY FOUND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ANALYTICAL RESULTS OF EFFLUENT SAMPLES EXCEEDED    THE POLLUTANT SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS IN THE UTC PERMITS.       SECTION 307(D) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA), 33 U. S.C.      SECTION 1317(D), MAKES IT UNLAWFUL FOR THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF ANY FACILITY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS INTO THE WATERS OF    THE UNITED STATES TO OPERATE THAT SOURCE IN VIOLATION OF ANY EFFLUENT  STANDARD, PROHIBITION, OR PRETREATMENT STANDARD    PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO CWA SECTION 307.  THE CITY OF EAST   CHICAGO HAS ENACTED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS TO INDUSTRIAL USERS PRESCRIB

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