# AWARD DESIGN MEDAL
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35009`
- **Case Number:** 06-1990-0030
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $120K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AWARD DESIGN MEDAL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SYNOPSIS OF CASE: .AWARD DESIGN MEDALS (IU) US A CATEGIRUCAL IU WHICH DISCHARGES TO THE TOWN OF NOBLE, AND IS SUBJECT TO  METAL FINISHING REGULATIONS UNDER 40 C.F.R. 433.  THE IU     SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED EPA PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF DISCHARGE  TO THE POTW IN AUGUST 1988, BUT NO SUCH NOTICE WAS GIVEN.    FURTHER, A BASELINE MONITORING REPORT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUB-  MITTED.  THE IU ALSO FAILED TO SUBMIT A 90-DAY COMPLIANCE RE -PORT AND A SEMI-ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORT FOR JUNE 1989.     PRIOR TO DISCHARGING TO THE TOWN OF NOBLE, THE FACILITY      DISCHARGED ALL PROCESS WASTEWATER TO A LAGOON LOCATED ON THE  AWARD DESIGN'S PROPERTY.  IN AUGUST 1985, OKLAHOMA WATER    RESOURCES BOARD (OWRB) ISSUED AWARD DESIGN A PERMIT TO DIS-  CHARGE ITS WASTEWATERS TO THE LAGOON.  THE PERMIT PROHIBITED ANY DISCHARGE INTO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES AND FURTHER   REQUIRED MAINTENANCE OF A THREE-FOOT FREEBOARD IN THE LAGOON BASED ON  INFORMATION PROVIDED BY BOTH OKLAHOMA STATE DEPART -MENT OF HEALTH (OSDH) AND OWRB, AWARD DESIGN CONTINUOUSLY   FAILED TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED THREE-FOOT FREEBOARD AND     ALLOW THE  LAGOON WATER TO OVERFLOW AND ENTER A NEARBY CREEK

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