# DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `2900`
- **Case Number:** 02-1988-0230
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $450K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE VIOLATIONS UPON WHICH THE ACTION IS BASED.  THE DEF      HAS VIOLATED THE CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS SET      FORTH AT 40 C.F.R. PART 412 & 433 & PRASA'S LOCAL LIMITS,    AS ESTABLISHED UNDER ITS APPROVED PRETMT PROGRAM, BY FAIL-   ING TO INSTALL & PROPERLY OPERATE PRETMT EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO OBTAIN CONSISTENT COMPLIANCE.  THE DEFENDANT HAS FAILED   TO COMPLY WITH GENERAL PRETMT STANDARDS BY FAILING TO SUBMIT REQUIRED REPORTS, OR BY SUBMITTING INCOMPLETE REPORTS.  THE  REGION SEEKS A CIVIL PENALTY FOR PAST VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT  AND A JUDICIAL ORDER THAT IMPOSES A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE,     THAT REQUIRES DIGITAL TO SUBMIT REQUIRED REPORTS AND ALSO    PROVIDES FOR STIPULATED PENALTIES FOR FUTURE FAILURE TO      COMPLY WITH THIS SCHEDULE.  THE REGION MET WITH DIGITAL      REPRESENTATIVES ON 01/21/88.  DIGITAL PRESENTED A COMPLIANCE PLAN THAT ANTICIPATED FINAL COMPLIANCE BY 07/88.  THE REGION INFORMED DIGITAL ITS INTENT TO INSTITUTE A CIVIL REFERRAL.   PREVIOUSLY, ON 07/01/87, EPA HAD ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE    COMPLIANCE ORDER TO DIGITAL.  AT THE PRESENT TIME, THERE IS  NO REASON TO BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY ISSUES OF LEGAL OR        FACTUAL SIGNIFICANCE.  EPA REVIEWED SAMPLE ANALYSES AND      RESULTS IN PERIODIC REPORTS SUBMITTED BY DIGITAL DURING      85-87, AND RESULTS IN MONITORING REPORTS SUBMITTED PURSUANT  TO THE ORDER ISSUED IN JULY, 1987.  THE RESULTS SHOWED CON-  SISTENT VIOLATIONS OF THE CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS AND LOCAL LIMITS.  THIS CASE IS SIGN

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