# HALL SIGNS, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29698`
- **Case Number:** 05-1996-0238
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $19K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HALL SIGNS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE PARTIES BRIEFED THE PRESIDING OFFICER REGARDING THE      APPROPRIATENESS OF A PENALTY.  THE REGION PROPOSED A PENALTY OF $57,800.  THE PRESIDING OFFICER, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW       JUDGE PEARLSTEIN MADE AN INITIAL DECISION ON OCTOBER 30,     1997 ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $18,886.  U.S. EPA APPEALED THE  RATIONALE OF THE DECISION, WHICH WAS CRITICAL OF THE ENFORCE MENT RESPONSE POLICY (ERP), BUT NOT THE AMOUNT OF THE        PENALTY.  THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD ISSUED AN OPINION  ON DECEMBER 16, 1998, AFFIRMING THE INITIAL DECISION OF THE  PRESIDING OFFICER, BUT NOTHING THAT THE COMPLIANANT'S COULD  CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE ERP AS PART OF A PRIMA FACIE PENALTY CASE.

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