# SHERWIN WILLIAMS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1984 · — · Unknown
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33853`
- **Case Number:** 06-1984-0069
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unknown
- **Penalty assessed:** $12K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SHERWIN WILLIAMS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BACKGROUND INFO.                                             SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO MANUFACTURES PAINT AND LACQUER.  THEY    USE XYLENE AS A SOLVENT TO CLEAN THE PAINT TANK AND METHYL   ETHYL KETONE TO CLEAN THE LACQUER TANK.  A STATE INSPECTION  OF THE FACILITY ON JUNE 2, 1981, INDICATED NON-COMPLIANCE    WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD INDUSTRIAL SOLID      WASTE RULES IN REGARD TO A WASTE ANALYSIS PLAN, INSPECTION   SCHEDULE, NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, AND A CLOSURE PLAN.     A STATE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTD ON MAY 28, 1984, AND SHOWED  THAT THE FACILITY HAD NOT COMPLIED.                          *                                                            RECOMMENDATION                                               ISSUE A COMPLIANCE ORDER AND NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR A     HEARING TO SHERWIN WILLIAMS COMPANY FOR VILATIONS FOUND IN   THE MAY 28, 1984, INSPECTION.  THE VIOLATIONS FOUND ARE:        NO WASTE ANALYSIS PLAN, NO DANGER SIGNS, NO INSPECTION       SCHEDULE, INCOMPLETE CONTINGENCY PLAN, NO OPERATING          RECORD, INADEQUATE CLOSURE PLAN, AND FINANCIAL ASSURANCE, NO RECORDS OF TANK INSPECTIONS AND MISMANAGEMENT OF HAZARD-  OUS WASTES CAUSING A THREAT OF DISCHARGE TO THE WATERS OF    THE STATE.

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