# GULF GRINDING CO., INC., A TEXAS CORPORATION, D.B.A. GULF PR
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37935`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0239
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $32K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $29K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- GULF GRINDING CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GULF PRECISION, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 3008(A) OF THE RESOURCE CONSSRVATION AND RECOVERY    ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928(A), AS AMENDED BY       THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE AMENDMENTS OF 1984, AND        SECTION 309(G) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(G).                                          2. GULF GRINDING CO., INC., A TEXAS CORPORATION, D.B.A. GULF    PRECISION INDUSTRIES, AND GULF PRECISION, INC., A TEXAS      CORPORATION                                                  9420 KNIGHT ROAD                                             HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77045                       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 3005(A) OF RCRA BY    OPERATING A HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE UNIT WITHOUT INTERIM     STATUS OR PERMIT, AND IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF      THE CWA BY CONDUCTING THE RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND OPERA-     TING THE FACILITY WITHOUT NPDES COVERAGE AND BY FAILING      TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENT-    ION PLAN (SWPPP) FOR THE FACILITY AS REQUIRED.            4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA      PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $12,098 FOR THE RCRA VIOLA-      TION CITED, AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G) OF THE CWA,       EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $27,500 FOR CWA VIOLATION    CITED, FOR A PROPOSED TOTAL PNALTY OF $39,598. EPA ALSO      ISSUED THE RESPONDENT A COMPLIANCE ORDER THAT REQUIRES       THE RESPONDENT TO: A) IMMEDIATELY CEASE THE UNAUTHORIZED     STORAGR OF HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTI

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