# MORTON THIOKOL, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34253`
- **Case Number:** 06-1987-0227
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $58K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MORTON THIOKOL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE MORTON SALT DIVISION OF MORTON THIOKOL, INC., OWNS AND   OPERATES A ROCK SALT CRUSHING AND SCREENING FACILITY AT WEEK  ISLAND, LOUISIANA.  MOST OF THE CRUSHING AND SCREENING      OPERATION IS LOCATED INSIDE A BUILDING KNOWN AS THE SALT     CAKE BUILDING.  THE SALT CAKE BUILDING WAS USED BY THE       MORTON CHEMICAL DIVISION OF MORTON THIOKOL UNTIL SUMMER OF   1983.  THAT SUMMER,  MORTON CHEMICAL DEMOLISHED AND REMOVED  ITS MACHINERY FROM THE BUILDING AND TRANSFERRED POSSESSION   OF THE BUILDING TO MORTON SALT.   WHILE MORTON SALT HAD      PROPOSED USING THE BUILDING TO HOUSE ITS CRUSING AND SCREE-  ING OPERATION PRIOR TO THE AUGUST 31, 1983, THE EFFECTIVE    DATE OF NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS) FOR NON-     METALLIC MINERAL PROCESSING PLANTS, 40 C.F.R.  PART 60,      SUBPART 000, IT DID NOT COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION UNTIL AFTER    AUGUST 31.  THE FACILITY, THEREFORE, IS SUBJECT TO THE NSPS  REQUIREMENTS.                                                THE NSPS REGULATIONS REQUIRE MORTON THIOKOL TO CONDUCT       PERFORMANCE TESTS ON A NUMBER OF ITEMS AT ITS WEEKS ISLAND   OPERATION.  MORTON THIOKOL HAS NOT CONDUCTED PERFORMANCE     TESTS.   THE NSPS ALSO REQUIRE MORTON THIOKOLTO INSTALL      AND RECORD READING FROM TWO CONTINUOUS MONITORING DEVICES.   MORTON THIOKOL HAS NOT INSTALLED THE REQUIRED DEVICES.       EPA SEEKS INJUCTIVE RELIEF ORDERING MORTON THIOKOL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 40 C.F.R. PART 60, SUBPART 000 AND  A PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN $69,097.0

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