MARION PRESSURE TREATING CO, EPA ID LAD008473142 WAS REFER- RED TO EPA FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTION BY THE LDEQ. * MARION IS A WOOD TREATING FACILITY WHICH WAS INSPECTED BY EPA ON APRIL 25, 1984. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, MARION HAD AN UNPERMITTED HAZ WASTE STORAGE FACILITY WHICH INCLUDED TWO UNCOVERED METAL TANKS WHICH RECEIVE K001 WASTE FROM THE FLOCCULATION UNIT, AN UNLINED INACTIVE SURFACE IM- POUNDMENT WHICH IS USED TO STORE K001 SLUDGE FROM THE TREAT- MENT OF CREOSOTE WASTEWATERS, AND AN UNCOVERED WASTE PILE WHICH CONSISTS OF K001 SLUDGE WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT AND PLACED ON THE GROUND FOR DRYING AND STORAGE PRIOR TO OFF-SITE SHIPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, MARION HAD ALREADY BEGUN CLOSURE OF THE SUR- FACE IMPOUNDMENT WITHOURT SUBMITTING A CLOSURE PLAN OR RECEIVING PERMISSION FROM THE STATE. THE K001 SLUDGE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE IMPOUNDMENT HAD BEEN REMOVED BY DRAGLINE AND DUMPED IN THE WASTE PILE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. THE VIOLATIONS FOUND DURING THE APRIL 25, 1984 INSPECTION ARE SUMMARIZED IN THE COMPLIANCE ORDER FACT SHEET AND IN- CLUDE VIOLATIONS SUCH AS LACK OF A GROUNDWATER MONITORING SYSTEM, NO PART A PERMIT APPLICATION FOR ITS HAZ WASTE STORAGE FACILITY, NO CLOSURE PLAN, AND NO FINANCIAL ASSURANCE. *