RCRA VI-18-H. SPARATON SOUTHWEST CONDUCTS ITS BUSINESS OF MANFACTURER AND ASSEMBLY OF TELECOMMUNICATION COMPONENETS IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM AND IS A TREATER OF HAZARDOUS WASTE. SPARATON NOTIFIED EPA THAT IT WAS A HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR AND AN OWNER/OPERA- TOR OF A HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY. NOTED DURING THE INSPECTION SPARATON DID NOT HAVE A FINANCIAL ASSURANCE PLAN IN THE CASE OF SUDDEN ACCIDENT, BODILY INJURY OR PROPER DAMAGE. SPARATON WAS CITED FOR NOT HAVING A FINANCIAL ASSURANCE PLAN. * THE PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY $3,000. THE PENALTY WAS RE- ASSESSED TO $2,000 AFTER RECEIVING A FINANCIAL BOND COVERING SUDDEN ACCIDENT. * FEB 1, 1983, EPA ISSUED A WARNING LETTER REQUESTING A QUARTERLY AND ANNUALGROUNDWATER MONITORING REPORT. MAY 2, 1983, EPA RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THE COMPANY HAD NOT INITIATED A GROUNDWATER MONITORING PROGRAM BUT ARE PLANNING TO. * SPARATON SOUTHWEST WAS CITED FOR HAVING A GROUNDWATER MONITORING PLAN AND FINANCIAL ASSURANCE. * PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY ASSESSED $13,