# PFIZER INC
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `297`
- **Case Number:** 01-1994-0019
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $625K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $178K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- PFIZER, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BASED ON THE MULTI-MEDIA INSPECTION AND EPA;S REVIEW OF    INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY PFIZER IN RESPONSE TO EPA'S INFO    REQUEST, EPA IS PROPOSING TO SEEK PENALTIES FOR THE FOLLOW-  ING VIOLATIONS: RCRA: FAILURE TO LABEL AND DATE CONTAINERS   OF HAZARDOUS WASTE; FAILURE TO KEEP CONTAINERS OF HAZARDOUS  WASTE CLOSED; STORAGE OF INCOMPATIBLE WASTES; FAILURE TO     HAVE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT; FAILURE TO PROPERLY INSPECT      HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINERS; FAILURE TO OBTAIN A SEPARATE EPA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR PFIZER'S RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT  FACILITY WHICH IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM ITS MANU-   FACTURING FACILITY; INCOMPLETE HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFAESTS    AND LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTON NOTIFICATIONS; FAILURE TO CON-  DUCT HAZARDOUS WASTE TRAINING FOR PERSONNEL OR FAILURE TO    DOCUMENT HAZARDOUS WASTE TRAINING; FAILURE TO CONDUCT INPEC- TIONS FOR EQUIPMENT LEAKS FROM PUMPS AND VALVES; AND FAILURE TO MAKE PROPER HAZARDOUS WASTE DETERMINATIONS. IN ADDITION,  THE REGION HAS IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS   WHICH WILL BE RESEARCHED AND POSSIBLY INCLUDED IN A          SUPPLEMENTAL REFERRAL TO DOJ.                                CWA: SINCE 1989, PFIZER HAS EXCEEDED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS    FOR PH, BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD), TOTAL KJELDAHL       NITROGEN (TKN), TEMPERATURE, FLOW AND TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) SET FORTH IN PFIZER'S NPDES PERMIT ON AT LEAST 110     OCCASIONS. IN ADDITIN, PFIZER HAS DISCHARGED AT LEAST 32     SPILLS AND BOILER BLOWDOWN THROUGH ITS

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