# CENTRAL SOYA CO., INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30334`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0404
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $288K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $26K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CENTRAL SOYA CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CENTRAL SOYA OWNED AND OPERATED A SOYBEAN OIL AND ANIMAL     FEED MFG. FACILITY AT 1160 W. 18TH ST., INDIANAPOLIS, IN.    ON JUNE 28, 1994, A CLOUD OF HEXANE WAS RELEASED, IGNITED    AND EXPLODED.  THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION DAMAGED TWO SOY-   BEAN OIL STORAGE TANKS. THE TANKS HAD NO SECONDARY CONTAIN-  MENT AND THE SOYBEAN OIL, CARRIED BY THE FIREFIGHTING WATER, WAS RELEASED TO THE COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM. BECAUSE OF THE    VOLUME OF WATER USED TO FIGHT THE FIRE, THE SEWER SYSTEM     EXCEEDED ITS FLOW CAPACITY AND OVERFLOWED INTO THE WHITE     RIVER. CENTRAL SOYA DID NOT HAVE AN SPCC PLAN AND FAILED     TO SUBMIT CERTAIN REQUIRED INFORMATION TO THE REGIONAL       ADMINISTRATOR WITHIN 60 DAYS OF SPILL.                       CASE REFERRED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1991 FOR SPILL OF SOYBEAN     OIL ON JUNE 24, 1994, FAILURE TO HAVE AN SPCC PLAN FROM      1972-1994, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH 40 C.F.R. SECTION 112.4,   AND AN INADEQUATE SPCC PLAN FROM MOVEMBER 1998 - SEPTEMBER   1999.  AFTER PRE-FILING NEGOTIATIONS, THIS MATTER WAS        SETTLED FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF $287, 500.  CASE DISMISSED    WITH PREJUDICE ON FEBRUARY 19, 2002.

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