# RICHARDS INDUSTRIES, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31139`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0553
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $28K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $17K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- RICHARDS INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

RICHARDS INDUSTRIES VIOLATED THE TESTING REPORTING AND       NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE CHROME PLATING NESHAP.      (SEE S-8).                                                   ON APRIL 16, 1998, REGION 5 OF THE U.S. EPA ISSUED A FINDING  OF VIOLATION (FOV) TO RICHARDS INDUSTRIES, INC., UNDER      THE AUTHORITY OF SECTION 113(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT      (CAA).  THE FOV ALLEGED THAT RICHARDS INDUSTRIES HAD         VIOLATED THE NESHAP FOR CHROMIUM EMISSIONS FROM HARD AND     DECORATIVE CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING AND CHROMIUM ANODIZING    TANKS (CHROME PLATING NESHAP), WHICH IS CODIFIED AT 40       C.F.R. PART 63.340-347.  RICHARDS INDUSTRIES WAS SPECIFI-    CALLY CITED FOR  THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS.                   1.  FAILURE TO NOTIFY U.S. EPA OF RICHARDS INDUSTRIES'       INTENTION TO CONDUCT A PERFORMANCE TEST 60 DAYS BEFORE THE   TEST WAS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN.  40 C.F.R.  63.347(D)(1).       2.  FAILURE TO CONDUCT AN INITIAL PERFORMANCE TEST WITHIN    180 DAYS OF THE JANUARY 25, 1997 COMPLIANCE DATE FOR HARD    CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING TANKS.  40 C.F.R. 63.343(B)(1) AND   63.7(A)(2).                                                  3.  FAILURE TO CONDUCT AN INITIAL PERFORMANCE TEST CONSIST-  ING OF THREE SEPARATE TEST RUNS.  40 C.F.R. 63.343(B)(1)     AND 63.7(E)(3).                                              4.  FAILURE TO SUBMIT A COMPLETE REPORT OF PERFORMANCE TEST  RESULTS.  40 C.F.R.  63.347(F)(2) AND 63.344(A).             FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF THE FOV, RICHAR

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