# BORDEN CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35558`
- **Case Number:** 06-1993-0008
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $3.60M
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- BCP MANAGEMENT, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BORDEN CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS LIMITED (complaint) (settlement)
- BORDEN CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS OPERATING (complaint)
- BORDEN CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS, INC. (complaint)
- BORDEN, INC. (complaint)
## Summary

THIS PROPOSED ACTION IS AGAINST BORDEN CHEMICALS AND         PLASTICS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (BORDEN) FOR VIOLATIONS         OF THE RCRA SUBTITLE C REGULATIONS, INJUNCTIVE               RELIEF ORDERING CORRECTIVE ACTION PURSUANT TO                SECTION 3008(H) OF RCRA, AND VIOLATIONS OF THE               CERCLA NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AT BORDEN'S GEISMAR,        LA FACILITY.  THIS IS A MULTI-MEDIA ENFORCEMENET ACTION      BASED PRIMARILY ON RESULTS OF MULTI-MEDIA INSPECTIONS        CONDUCTED ON OR ABOUT MARCH 16-20, 1992, AND                 APRIL 21-23, 1992.                                           *                                                            BORDEN OPERATES A CHEMICAL PLANT IN GEISMAR, LA THAT         CURRENTLY MANUFACTURES METHANOL, FORMALDEHYDE, AMMONIA,      UREA, VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER (VCM), AND POLYVINYL-           CHLORIDE (PVC) AS PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS.  INCIDENTAL TO         THE PRODUCTION OF THESE CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, THIS FACILITY     GENERATES HAZARDOUS WASTES WHICH HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN      TREATED, STORED OR DISPOSED AT AND BY THE FACILITY AND       WHICH HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF OFF-SITE.  RCRA CIVIL            PENALTY PROPOSED AT $1,919,874 AND CERCLA PENALTY            OF $41,500.                                                  *                                                            A 3007 LETTER WAS ISSUED TO DEFENDANT IN AUGUST, 1992        AND RESPONSE RECEIVED BY EPA IN SEPTEMBER, 1992.             LDEQ HAS TWO PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACT

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