# SATURN PAINT AND SCREEN
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `32647`
- **Case Number:** 05-2000-0654
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $88K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $10K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BDK PARTNERSHIP
- SATURN PAINT AND SCREEN, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN ACTION FILED AGAINST A OPERATOR (SATURN PAINT AND SCREEN) AND AN OWNER (BDK PARTNERSHIP OF A FACILITY LOCATED  IN SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS, WHICH WAS ILLEGALLY TREATING AND    STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE.  THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT THESE   JOINT AND SEVERALLY LIABLE PARTIES BECAME A TSD THROUGH      THIS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.  THE COMPLAINT CALLS FOR BOTH A       PENALTY, AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.  SPECIFICALLY, SATURN AND    BDK ARE TO CLOSE THE TWO HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS,   COME BACK INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERATOR REQUIREMENTS,   AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.                            SECTOR; COATER, SCREENER, AND FINISHERS OF METAL AND PLASTIC IEPA INSPECTED THE FACILITY ON JUNE 16, 1997 AND NOVEMBER    18, 1997.  U.S. EPA INSPECTED THE FACILITY ON DECEMBER 1,    1998.  U.S. EPA ALSO ISSUED REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REQUESTS TO THE FACILITY ON APRIL 8, 1999 AND FEBRUARY 14, 2000.      SATURN WAS FOUND TO BE OPERATING ITS FACILITY WITHOUT HAVING INTERIM STATUS OR A PERMIT FOR TREATMENT AND STORAGE OF      HAZARDOUS WASTE.  THE FACILITY WAS FOUND TO BE ACCUMULATING  HAZARDOUS WASTE IN EXCESS OF 180 DAYS, TREATING HAZARDOUS    WASTE IN A NON-PERMITTED HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT UNIT,    FAILING TO PROPERLY MARK HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINERS, FAILING TO CONDUCT INSPECTIONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND FAILING TO     MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AISLE SPACE.  THE OPERATOR OF THE          FACILITY, SATURN, HAS AGREED TO PAY A PENALTY OF $44,000 AND THE OWNER, BDK, HAS AGREED TO PAY A 

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