# VLASIC FARMS, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31325`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0766
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $12K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- VLASIC FARMS, INC. (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS ONE OF FIVE IUS IN THE WEST CHICAGO AREA THAT WE     WILL BE TAKING AN ACTION ON. THIS ONE IS PENALTIES ONLY      FOR STORM WATER AND PRETREATMENT VIOLATIONS.                 BETWEEN JUNE 1994 AND JUNE 1998, VLASIC FARMS (FKA           CAMPBELL'S FRESH) DISCHARGED POLLUTANTS INTO THE WEST        CHICAGO POTW AT LEVELS EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITS SET     FORTH IN THE CITY OF WEST CHICAGO'S ORDINANCE AND VLASIC     FARMS' INDUSTRIAL USER DISCHARGE PERMIT.  THERE WERE A       TOTAL OF 23 DAYS OF VIOLATION OF SECTION 307 OF THE CWA.     COMPLAINT WAS FILED UNDER SECTION 309(G) OF THE CWA ON       SEPT. 30, 1998, SEEKING A PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY OF          $62,000.  CASE SETTLED FOR A $12,000 PENALTY AND A SEP       VALUED AT $79,700.                                           COMPLAINT WAS FILED IN U.S. DIST. CT. ON 3/2/99.

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