# DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36329`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0023
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $86K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 3008(A) OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY    ACT OF 1976 ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928, AS AMENDED     BY THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE ADMENDMENTS OF 1984.     2. THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY                                     2301 BRAZOSPORT BOULEVARD                                    FREEPORT, TEXAS 77541-3237                                3. THE RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE C OF RCRA BY     1) FAILING TO MAINTAIN RECORDS OF TOTAL FEED RATE, 2)        FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE AIR EMISSION STANDARDS FOR E-     QUIPMENT LEAKS, 3) FAILING TO ESTABLISH APPROPRIATE COC      OPERATING LIMITS ON COMPLIANCE TEST DATA, AND 4) FAILING     TO COMPLY WITH THE MAXIMUM STEAM PRODUCTION RATE.         4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA       PROPOSES A COMPLIANCE ORDER THAT REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT     TO SUBMIT TO EPA A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIONS TA-    KEN TO ENSURE THAT RECORDS OF THE TOTAL HAZARDOUS WASTE      FEED RATE ARE BEING MAINTAINED FOR INDUSTRIAL FURNACES       A-607A AND B WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE ORDER.      ALSO, EPA PROPOSES A PENALTY OF $86,150 FOR THE ALLEGED      VIOLATIONS IN THE COMPLAINT.

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