# GLIDDEN COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28606`
- **Case Number:** 05-1993-1486
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1.55M
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GLIDDEN COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- SMITH CORONA MACHINES CORP. (settlement)
## Summary

I. CASE SYNOPSIS                                             THE GLIDDEN COMPANY ( GLIDDEN ) LOCATED IN HURON, OHIO   OWNS AND OPERATES A MANUFACTURING FACILITY.  AS EXPLAINED IN GREATER DETAIL IN SECTION III.A. BELOW, GLIDDEN MANUFACTURES OIL AND LATEX WATER-BASED PAINTS, RESINS, CAN COATINGS, AND  POWDER NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE UNITED STATES.                     SINCE DECEMBER 1988, GLIDDEN HAS BEEN VIOLATING CERTAIN  FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS ( FELS ), TERMS AND CONDITIONS    CONTAINED IN ITES NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION   SYSTEM ( NPDES ) PERMIT NO OH0000621 ( PERMIT ).  SEE        ATTACHMENT 4.  THESE VIOLATIONS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE         FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION: THE TABLE OF VIOLATIONS PREPARED BY GLIDDEN, LETTERS FROM GLIDDEN TO OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL          PROTECTION AGENCY ( OEPA ) , OEPA NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS      ( NOVS ), AND U.S. EPA'S PERMIT COMPLIANCE SYSTEM ( PCS )    DOCUMENT VIOLATIONS OF FELS FOR OIL AND GREASE ( O&G ) ; PH; TOTAL ZINC ( ZN-T ); TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS ( TSS ) ; TOTAL  COPPER ( CU-T ); CARBONACEOUS BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND -    FIVE DAY ( CBOD5 ) ; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEM DEMAND  - FIVE DAY   ( BOD5 ); TOTAL RESIDUAL CHLORINE ( TRC ) ; AND FECAL        COLIFORM ( FEC. COL. ). ATTACHMENT 1, 8 AND 9.                   AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE VIOLATIONSL U.S. WPA ISSUED AN  ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ( AO TO GLIDDEN ON MAY R, 1993          REQUIRING THE FACILITY TO COMPLY WITH ITS PERMIT BY JULY 9,  1993.  IN THE RESPONSE TO THE AO, GLIDDE

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