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BTL SPECIALTY RESINS CORP

Judicial · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 34256

$138K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1987-0232
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

DATA SHEET: * VIOLATIONS: NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF PERMIT CONDITIONS AND LIMITS. * PROPOSED RELIEF: REGION VI PROPOSES A PENALTY OF $85,000, PLUS AN INJUNC- TION WHICH REQUIRES BTL TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF ITS PERMIT. * RECENT CONTACTS: AN ADMIN ORDER WAS ISSUED ON MAY 26, 1987, ORDERING BTL TO SHOW CAUSE WHY FURTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTION SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN. A MEETING WAS HELD IN JULY 1987. MANY INFORMAL CONTACT HAVE BEEN MADE WITH COMPANY. * * SYNOPSIS OF CASE: AFTER BTL SPECIALTY RESIN CORP ACQUIRED THE MALVERN FACILITY FROM MALVERN CHEMICAL IN 1984, IT MODIFIED THE PRODUCTION LINE AND EXPANDED PRODUCTION LEVELS. MALVERN CHEMICAL HAD APPLIED FOR A NPDES PERMIT BASE ON INFORMATION WHICH WAS VALID FOR THE FACILITY PRIOR TO THE ACQUISITION BY BTL. * AFTER A YEAR OF OPERATION, BTL ALTER

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