# HICA STEEL FOUNDRY & UPGRADE COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36315`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0009
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $50K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $24K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HICA STEEL FOUNDRY & UPGRADE CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 3008(A) OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY    ACT OF 1976 ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. 6901 ET SEQ.              2. HICA STEEL FOUNDRY & UPGRADE COMPANY                         1431 WEST 59TH STREET                                        SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA 71136-2726                             FACILITY ID NO: LAD985174481                              3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 3010 AND SUBTITLE     C OF RCRA BY 1) STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT A PER-    MIT OR INTERIM STATUS, 2) FAILING TO NOTIFY OF HAZARDOUS     WASTE ACTIVITY, 3) FAILING TO PERFORM WASTE CHARACTERIZA-    TION, 4) FAILING TO PREPARE CLOSURE PLAN AND 5) FAILING      TO ESTABLISH FINANICIAL ASSURANCE.                        4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA       PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $472,439 FOR THE ALLEGED VIO-    LATIONS. ALSO, EPA ISSUES A COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRING       THE RESPONDENT TO 1) IMMEDIATELY CEASE THE USE OF AND        PROPERLY DISPOSE OF ALL HAZARDOUS WASTE STORED IN PLANT      I, 2) SUBMIT DISPOSAL REPORT SETTING FORTH THE VOLUME OF     HAZARDOUS WASTE SENT OFF-SITE, WASTE CODE OR CODES AP-       PLICABLE, 3) SUBMIT A CLOSURE PLAN, 4) ESTABLISH FINANC-     IAL ASSURANCES FOR COMPLETION OF CLOSURE PLAN AND 5) SUB-    MIT A PLAN PROVIDING WASTE CHARACTERIZATION COMPLIANCE       ASSURANCE.

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