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EAGLE PICHER INDUSTRIES

Administrative - Formal · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 34544

$138K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1988-0518
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

DATA SHEET: * EAGLE-PICHER WAS A RCRA INTERIM STATUS FACILITY IN THE BUSI- NESS OF REFINING GERMANIUM, GALLIUM AND GALLIUM ARSENIDE, GROWING SINLE CRYSTAL SILICON AND PRODUCING NATURAL BORON AND LITHIUM HYDROXIDE. * THE FACILITY'S WASTES ARE PLACED IN A CLAY LINED SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT. THESE WASTES INCLUDE CORROSIVE CHARACTISTIC, EP-TOXIC CHRACTERISTIC FOR ARSENIC AND SELENIUM, METHANOL AND ARSENIC ACID WASTES. * THE FACILITY HAS BEEN SEEKING A PART B PERMIT FROM THE OSDH. * ON AUGUST 22, 1985, THE OSDH SENT A WARNING LETTER/NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY TO THE FACILITY DETAILING INADEQUACIES IN THEIR PART B PERMIT APPLICATION INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THE GROUNDWATER MONITORING SYSTEM WAS INADEQUATELY CONSTRUCTED AND LOCATED. * ON SEPT 5, 1985, THE OSDH AND EPA MET WITH THE FACILITY TO DISCUSS THE INADEQUACY OF ITS GROUNDWATER MONITORING SYS- TEM. THE FACILITY MAINTAINS THAT IT CANNOT UPGRADE ITS SYSTEM UNTIL THE EPA'S GROUNDWATER TECHNICAL ENFORCEMENT GUIDANCE DOCUMENT IS MADE FINAL.

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