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R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 30681

$29K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$0
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1997-0834
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THE AMENDED COMPLAINT IN THIS MATTER, FILED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1995 ALLEGES THAT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SLUDGE GENERATED AT R.R. DONNELLEY'S ( DONELLEY ) GRAVURE PRINTING FACILITY IN WARSAW, INDIANA IS A RCRA F006LISTED WASTE. (WITH CERTAIN LIMITED EXCEPTION THE F006 LISTING GENERICALLY COVERS WASTE- WATER TREATMENT FROM ALL ELECTROPLATING PROCESSES, REGARD- LESS OF THEIR SOURCE.) THE AMENDED COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT DONNELLEY FAILED TO SUBMIT LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTION NOTIFICATIONS WITH THREE SHIPMENTS OF ITS F006 WASTES AND, ON TWO OCCASIONS, STORED THE F006 WASTES FOR A PERIOD LONGER THAN 90 DAYS, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. 262.7(A)(1), 262.7(A)(7), AND 268.50(A)(1). U.S. EPA'S AMENDED COM- PLAINT PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $209,950. BY MEANS OF CROSS-MOTIONS FOR ACCELERATED DECISION, THE ISSUE OF WHETHER THE F006 LISTING COVERS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SLUDGES GENERATED FROM THE ELECTROPLATING PROCESS OF THE PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY WAS DECIDED IN U.S. EPA'S FAVOR. THE COURT RESERVED FOR TRIAL, HOWEVER, THE ISSUE OF WHETHER DONNELLEY'S GRAVURE PRINTING PROCESSES INVOLVE ELECTROPLATING. THE AGREED SETTLEMENT INCLUDES: (1) PAYMENT OF A CIVIL PENLTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,000; (2) COMPLETION OF FOUR SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS ( SEPS ), VALUED COLLECTIVELY BY U.S. EPA'S PROJECT MODEL AT APPROXIMATELY $142,000; AND (3) AGREEMENT TO HANDL

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