# QUANEX CORPORATION, MACSTEEL DIVISION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33280`
- **Case Number:** 05-2001-0655
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $104K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- QUANEX CORPORATION (settlement)
## Summary

THIS QUANEX FACILITY MANUFACTURERS STEEL RODS AND BARS FROM  RECYCLED STEEL.  ITS NPDES PERMIT ALLOWS THE DISCHARGE OF    THE FACILITY'S WASTEWATER TO AN UNNAMED WETLAND CONTIGUOUS   TO ACKERMAN DRAIN AND THE GRAND RIVER.                         IN 9/97, USEPA INSPECTED THE FACILITY AND FOUND MONITORING DEFICIENCIES.  PCS DATA ALSO SHOWED EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS.     CONSEQUENTLY, USEPA SENT QUANEX A FINDING OF VIOLATIONS AND  REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ORDER.  A REVIEW OF THE QUANEX       RESPONSE TO THIS ORDER ESTABLISHED ADDITIONAL EFFLUENT VIO-  LATIONS.  THE QUANEX RESPONSE INCLUDED A SCHEDULE OF COMPLI- ANCE.  AFTER TWO EXTENSIONS BY USEPA OF THE COMPLIANCE DATE  (AT QUANEX'S REQUEST), QUANEX APPEARS TO HAVE COME TO COM-   PLIANCE SINCE 6/00.                                            THE PENALTY ORDER AIMS TO RECOVER BOTH THE ECONOMIC BENE-  FIT AND THE GRAVITY COMPONENT ASSOCIATED WITH QUANEX'S NON-  COMPLIANCE WITH ITS NPDES PERMIT.

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