On May 4, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York approved the Joint Stipulation settling the United States' and New York State's claims against the Defendant for Clean Air Act, RCRA and state law violations associated with the company's operation of a hazardous waste incinerator in Waterford, NY. Under the settlement, the Defendant will pay a civil penalty of $1,250,000, which will be evenly split between the United States and the state. The alleged violations occurred from December 2006 to December 2008 and involved the failure to: (a) comply with the state-issued CAA Title V and RCRA permits by allowing the incinerator to emit carbon monoxide in excess of 100 parts per million; (b) continuously operate the incinerator's automatic waste feed cut-off (AWFCO) system; (c) continuously monitor the incinerator's operating parameters; (d) maintain a functioning AWFCO for the incinerator; (e) cease operating the incinerator when operating conditions exceeded limits designated in the CAA Title V and RCRA permits; and (f) identify noncompliance with the incinerator's operating and monitoring parameters in the company's annual Title V compliance certifications. By not complying with the conditions of its permits and not operating its AWFCO system properly, the Defendant increased the potential for releases of hazardous air pollutants to the environment in excess of permitted levels.