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GAYLORD CONTAINER CORPORATION, BOGALUSA, LA

Judicial · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 34326

$25K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1988-0004
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-3170
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

DATA SHEET: * DEFENDANTS: GAYLORD CONTAINER CORP OWNS AND OPERATES A PAPER AND PULP MILL AND MANUFACTURES CORRUGATED CONTAINERS AND PAPER FIBER BOARD PRODUCTS. GAYLORD CONTAINER CORP, IS A SUCCESSOR TO CROWN ZELLERBACH CORP, WITH PRESENT CONTROL HAVING SUCCEEDED IN NOV 1986. GAYLORD CONTAINER IS A SUBSIDIARY OF GOSL ACQUIESITION CORP. * VIOLATIONS: ON OCT 7, 1987, GAYLORD CONTAINER CORP, NOTIFIED EPA OF AN UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE AND RESULTANT FISHKILL FROM ITS FACILITY. THE DISCHARGE WAS DESCRIBED AS HAVING BEEN CAUSED BY AN EQUIPMENT PROBLEM WHICH RESULTED IN THE FACI- LITY'S SUMP PUMPS SHUTTING DOWN. GAYLORD'S NPDES PERMIT AUTHORIZES THEIR TREATED WASTEWATER TO BE DISCHARGED INTO PEAR RIVER AND NOT INTO THE BOGUE LUSA CREEK, AND YET THE FISCHKILL OCCURRED IN THE CREEK. THE REFERRAL ALSO CITES OTHER SIMILIAR UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES INTO THE CREEK AND OTHER EFFLUENT LIMIT VIOLATIONS. * PROPOSED RELIEF: SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE, WHICH SHOULD ENCOMPASS A CIVIL PENALTY AND REMEDI

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