# THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37284`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0455
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $26K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $1K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 3008 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY       ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928, AS AMENDED BY THE      HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE AMENDMENTS OF 1984 (HSWA).      2. THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.                               I-10 SW AT SMITH ROAD                                        BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS 77720                   3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE C OF RCRA BY         FAILING TO BEGIN LEAK DETECTION MONITORING AND REPORTING     ON AUG. 21, 1991, THE AUTOMATIC WASTE FEED CUT OFF SYS-      TEM'S FAILURE TO SHUT OFF WHEN GOODYEAR'S OPERATING CON-     DITIONS EXCEEDED THE LIMITS SET IN ITS CERTIFICATE OF        COMPLIANCE, FAILING TO OPERATE ITS UNIT WITHIN THE ESTA-     BLISHED LIMITS, AND FAILING TO MAINTAIN RECORDS OF THE       AUTOMATIC WASTE FEED CUT OFF (AWFCO) TESTING IN THE FACI-    LITY'S OPERATING RECORDS.                                 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008 OF RCRA, EPA IS-      SUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRING THE RESPONDENT TO SUB-     MIT TO EPA FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT, A STANDARD OPERATING      PROCEDURE (SOP) FOR THE TESTING, MONITORING, AND INSPEC-     TION OF ITS AWFCO WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE ORDER,   AND SUBMIT TRAINING PROTOCOL AND/OR OTHER PROCEDURES THAT     WILL ENSURE THAT ALL AWFCO TESTS ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE       RESPONDENTS OPERATING LOG WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF       THE ORDER. EPA ALSO PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $25,762.

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