# FRIEDRICH AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34390`
- **Case Number:** 06-1988-0148
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $84K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FRIEDRICH AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIG (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DATA SHEET:                                                  *                                                            DEFENDANT:                                                   FRIEDRICH AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION CO., A MANUFAC-   TURER OF AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION UNITS.           *                                                            VIOLATIONS:                                                  VIOLATIONS OF FRIEDRICH'S INDUSTRIAL USER PERMIT, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH 'CATEGORIAL' PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS, FAILURE   TO IMPLEMENT ADEQUATE PRETREATMENT TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE      WITH SUCH REGULATIONS AND WITH ITS IU PERMIT.                *                                                            PROPOSED RELIEF:                                             SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE AND MINIMUM       CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $174,000.                   *                                                            RECENT CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT:                               LETTERS, DATED JUNE 3, 1988, JULY 5, 1988, AND JULY 14, 1988 SENT BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO FRIEDRICH AIR CONDI-      TIONING AND REFRIGERATION CO NOTING DISHCARGE VIOLATIONS.    *                                                            NATIONAL ISSUES:                                             THE PURPOSE OF THE CWA IS FRUSTRATED IF A CITY'S POTW FAILS  TO IMPLEMENT ITS APPROVED PRETREATMENT PROGRAM AND INDUS-    TRIAL USERS ARE ALLOWED TO IGNORE TH

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