# OLIN CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30868`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0240
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $24K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $800
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- OLIN CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE DECEMBER 12TH, 1997, CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER   FILED IN THE OLIN CORPORATION MATTER ONLY REQUIRED OLIN TO   PAY A CIVIL PENALTY OF $23,699.  NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WERE  REQUIRED IN THE ORDER.  HOWEVER, OLIN DID SUBMIT INFORMATION TO US REGARDING THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THEY TOOK IN ORDER TO MEET THE SELF-DISCLOSURE CRITERIA FOR A REDUCTION IN PENALTI ES.  THE VIOLATION INVOLVED 24 SHIPMENTS TOTALING 599,520    POUNDS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE BAGHOUSE DUST (D006) TO A FERTILI- ZER MANUFACTURER NAMED FRIT INDUSTRIES.  THE FOLLOWING       CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN BY OLIN:                       - ALL OLIN PERSONNEL INVOLVED WITH THE SHIPMENT OF MATERIALS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED NOT TO SHIP BAGHOUSE DUST TO FRIT, OR   ANY OTHER FERTILIZER PRODUCT MANUFACTURER.                   - OLIN INFORMED FRIT OF THE HAZARDOUS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE  MATERIAL THAT WAS SENT AND TOLD FRIT NOT TO USE IT, BUT TO   HOLD IT UNTIL OLIN COULD ARRANGE FOR PROPER DISPOSAL.        - OLIN NOTIFIED THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF POLLUTION CONTROL AND ECOLOGY OF THE ISSUE, AND SENT THEM COPIES OF THE SELF-DISCLOSURE.   - BASED ON A JUNE 16, 1997, LETTER FROM OLIN'S ATTORNEY,     OLIN ARRANGED FOR AND COMPLETED SHIPMENT OF ALL OF THE       REMAINING BAGHOUSE DUST THAT WAS BEING HELD BY FRIT AFTER    BEING INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM TO EITHER SAVAGE ZINC IN       CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE OR BIG RIVER ZINC IN SAUGET, ILLINOIS THE BAGHOUSE DUST IS BEING USED AS A

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