# CARIBE TUNA, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3901`
- **Case Number:** 02-1990-0176
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $300K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CARIBE TUNA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CARIBE TUNA IS IN VIOLATION OF CWA/301 AND NPDES PERMIT.   THIS IS AN ACTION AGAINST CARIBE TUNA PURSUANT TO CWA/309.     CARIBA TUNA, INC., A COMPANY OWNED BY MITSUBISHI FOODS     (MC), INC., IS ENGAGED IN THE PROCESSING AND PACKING OF TUNA FISH AT A FACILITY LOCATED AT PLAYA DE PONCE, PR. A NPDES    PERMIT WAS ISSUED CONTAINING EFFLUENT DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS  REFLECTING BEST PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT TECHNOLOGY LIMITS     AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PR.       CARIBE TUNA IS PERMITTED TO DISCHARGE PROCESS AND SANITARY   WASTEWATERS THROUGH OUTFALL 001, AND STORM WATER THROUGH     OUTFALLS 002 AND 003 INTO PONCE BAY, A WATER OF THE U.S.       CARIBE TUNA HAS BEEN, AND REMAINS, IN SUBSTANTIAL AND      CONTINUOUS NONCOMPLIANCE WITH PERMIT LIMITS. EVIDENCE OF     THIS NONCOMPLIANCE IS BASED PRIMARILY ON ADMISSIONS FILED    BY CARIBE TUNA IN THE FORM OF SELF-REPORTING DISCHARGE       MONITORING REPORTS, WHICH WERE SUBMITTED UNDER THE TERMS OF  THE PERMIT.                                                    THE RELIEF SOUGHT IS INJUNCTIVE RELIEF PURSUANT TO         CWA/309(B) AND CIVIL PENALTIES PURSUANT TO CWA/309(B)        BECAUSE CARIBE TUNA HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE TO ADMINISTRATIVE    EFFORTS OF THIS AGENCY TO SECURE COMPLIANCE, INCLUDING THE   ISSUANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS.                           *                                                            FACILITY ADDRESS:  CARIBE TUNA INC                                              AVE SANTIAGO DE LOS

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