# SHINTECH, INCORPORATED
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33824`
- **Case Number:** 06-1984-0039
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $133K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SHINTECH, INCORPORATED (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:  SHINTECH, INC.( SHINTECH ) IS A POLY-     VINYL CHLORIDE MANUFACTURING FACILITY LOCATED IN FREEPORT,   TX.  SHINTECH'S PARENT COMPANY IS SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO.     LTD. OF JAPAN.  THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF THE WASTEWATER      TREATMENT FACILITY IS CLUTE, BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS.       CAUSE OF ACTION:  SHINTECH HAS HAD PERSISTENT VIOLATIONS OF    PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITS SINCE JUNE, 1978.  ALTHOUGH SOME OF   THE PLANT'S PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED, THE TOTAL SUSP-    ENDED SOLIDS (TSS) LIMITATION VIOLATIONS ARE BY FAR THE      MOST EXCESSIVE AND PERSISTENT.  THESE VIOLATIONS CONTINUE    TO EXIST AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING.  EPA HAS ISSUED TWO    ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS WHICH FAILED TO BRING SHINTECH INTO    COMPLIANCE.                                                JUSTIFICATION:  SHINTECH RECENTLY INFORMED EPA THAT IT HAD     HIRED AN ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRM TO REVIEW THE PLANT'S   PROBLEMS.  THE AGENCY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CONSULTING       FIRM'S RECOMMENDATIONS INCORPORATED INTO A LEGALLY ENFORC-   EABLE DOCUMENT IN ORDER TO ASSURE THAT ALL REMEDIAL AC-      TIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED AND COMPLIANCE ACHIEVED IN AN EXPED-   ITIOUS MANNER.  EPA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE SIERRA        CLUB, PURSUANT TO SECTION 505 OF THE ACT, FILED A NOTICE     OF INTENT TO SUE AGAINST SHINTECH ON 10/26/84.  THE COMP-    ANY HAS EXPRESSED AN URGENT NEED TO SETTLE THIS MATTER       WITH THE AGENCY PRIOR TO 12/26/84 IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

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