# INTERNATIONAL SHOE COMPANY, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33954`
- **Case Number:** 06-1985-0073
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $165K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- D/B/A BRYAN RUBBER COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- D/B/A INTERNATIONAL SHOE CO INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- INTERCO, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS SUIT SHOULD BE INSTITUTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008        (A)(2) OF RCRA, AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928(A)(2),    WHICH PROVIDES THAT EPA AFTER GIVING NOTICE TO A STATE       AUTHORIZED TO CARRY OUT A HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM, MAY       INSTITUTE A CIVIL ACTION WHEN ANY REQUIREMENT OF A           SUBTITLE C OF RCRA IS VIOLATED.  THE STATE OF TEXAS,         FORMERLY THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES     (TDWR) AND CURRENTLY THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER COMMISSION      (TWC) AS THE SUCCESSOR TO TDWR AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1985,      IS AUTHORIZED BY EPA TO ADMINISTER A HAZARDOUS WASTE         PROGRAM.  THIS PROGRAM OPERATES IN LIEU OF THE EPA PROGRAM   IN TEXAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3006(C) OF RCRA.  THEREFORE,    EPA WILL BE INFORCING THE STATE HAZARDOUS WASTE LAWS         AGAINST ISC.  THUS, VIOLATION OF THE TEXAS SOLID WASTE       DISPOSAL ACT (SWDA), VERNON'S ANN. CIV. ST., ART. 4477-7,    AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER AT TITLE 31       OF THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE (TAC) ARE THE BASIS FOR     THE PROPOSED ACTION.                                       ANOTHER BASIS FOR THE PROPOSED ACTION IS PROVIDED BY SECTION   3008(H) OF RCRA.  EPA HAS SOLE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THIS     PROVISION SINCE THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED   TO ADMINISTER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID    WASTE AMENDMENTS OF 1984 (HSWA) INCLUDING THE CORRECTIVE     ACTION PROVISION.  EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT HAZARDOUS WASTE   HAS BEEN RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRON

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