# CONSOLIDATED RECYCLING
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29545`
- **Case Number:** 05-1996-0012
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $50K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $528K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CONSOLIDATED RECYCLING (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT RESPONDENT DISCHARGED WASTE       WATER TO THE TELL CITY POTW WHICH CONTAINED HIGH AMOUNTS     OF BOD.  THE COMPLAINT FURTHER ALLEGED THAT THE BOD FROM     RESPONDENT'S FACILITY CAUSED INTERFERENCE AT THE POTW, IN    VIOLATION OF SECTION 307(D) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.  THE     CASE WAS SETTLED FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF $50,000.  RESPONDENT HAD PREVIOUSLY ACHIEVED COMPLIANCE BY INSTALLING A           BIOLOGICAL PRETREATMENT SYSTEM AT ITS FACILITY.

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