# FERRO CORP;  GRANT CHEMICAL DIVISION
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33791`
- **Case Number:** 06-1984-0005
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $200K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GRANT CHEMICAL DIVISION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

N A T U R E    O F    T H E    C A S E                FERRO'S GRANT CHEM DIV. OPERATES A CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING  AND BLENDING FACILITY IN BATON ROUGE.  THE CO'S WASTEWATER   TREATMENT FACILITY HAS AN NPDES PERMIT (# LA0004057) WHICH   WAS ISSUED BY EPA IN 1978 AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER ADMIN       EXTENSION.  DMR'S SUBMITTED BY GRANT, AS WELL AS INSPECTIONS BY STATE AND EPA INSPECTORS, INDICATE THAT THE CO HAS BEEN   IN VIOLATION OF ONE EFFLUENT LIMIT OR ANOTHER ON VIRTUALLY A CONTINUOUS BASIS SINCE 1979.  PARAMETER LIMITS FOR TSS, BOD, PH, COD, OIL & GREASE, AND MERCURY HAVE BEEN EXCEEDED        ROUTINELY.  ADMIN ORDERS WERE ISSUED BY REGION VI IN 1979    AND 1980.  THESE ORDERS LISTED A SERIES OF VIOLATIONS OF     PERMIT REQUIREMENTS BY GRANT.  LAB CALIBRATION EQUIPMENT,    MAINTENANCE RECORDS, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE RECORDS WERE NOT  BEING MAINTAINED.  DUPLICATE AND ROUTINE SAMPLES WERE NOT    ANALYZED AND DMRS WERE IMPROPERLY COMPUTED AND RECORDED.     THE ORDERS GENERALLY DIRECTED THE CO TO CORRECT THE CAUSES   OF DISCHARGE VIOLATIONS, AND SPECIFICALLY TO CORRECT A       BREAKDOWN IN THE SYSTEM WHEREBY DISCHARGE POINTS AT VARIANCE WITH THOSE CONTAINED IN THE PERMIT OCCURRED ALONG WITH       BYPASSING AT TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN.  ON BOTH OCCASIONS, GRANT  IMPLEMENTED ITS OWN PROPOSALS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AT THE   PLANT; HOWEVER, THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN EACH TIME FAILED   TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS, EVEN THOUGH THEY APPEARED TO BE     REASONABLE SOLUTIONS WHEN ORIGINALLY SUGGESTE

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