# R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30681`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0834
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $29K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS (settlement)
## 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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