CLIMAX CHEMICAL CO. CONDUCTS ITS BUSINESS OF SULFURINE ACIDE, HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND SODIUM SULFATE PRODUCTION AT MONUMENT, NM. * NOV 30, 1982, EPA ISSUED A WARNING LETTER TO CLIMAX RE- QUESTING THEIR SUBMITTAL OF THE QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL GROUND- WATER MONITORING RESULTS. * CLIMAX INFORMED EPA ON DEC 23, 1982, THEY HAD FAILED TO OB- TAIN A QUARTER SAMPLES ON ALL PARAMETERS. CLIMAX SAMPLE ONLY THOSE IN THE CORROSIVE NATURE OF A DISCHARGE. CLIMAX WAS CITED FOR THESE VIOLATIONS: SAMPLING ANALYSIS, UP- GRADIENT WEL AND POST CLOSURE ASSURANCE. * PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY $12,000 - COLLECTED $4,900 ON SEPT 18, 1985.