# ST. JOE LEAD COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `42277`
- **Case Number:** 07-1983-0002
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $100K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ST. JOE LEAD COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE ST. JOE LEAD COMPANY    (SJL), SINCE 1981 A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE FLUOR     CORPORATION OF IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, FOR DISCHARGING POLLU-    TANTS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN EXCESS OF THE LEVELS     PERMITTED BY ITS NPDES PERMIT NO.  MO-0000281.  THE AGENCY   IS SEEKING CIVIL PENALTIES.                                    SJL OPERATES THE LARGEST LEAD SMELTER IN THE U.S. AT THIS  SITE.  ITS PERMIT, ISSUED ON APRIL 2, 1976, REQUIRED COM-    LIANCE WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS BY JULY 1, 1977,      LATER EXTENDED BY AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE UNTIL JULY 1,     1978.  THE PERMIT LIMITATIONS WERE                           NOT AS STRINGENT AS THE BPT GUIDELINES FOR LEAD SMELTERS     ISSUED BY EPA IN 1975.  REPEATED INSPECTIONS BY EPA AND THE  STATE, AS WELL AS THE COMPANY'S OWN DISCHARGE MONITORING     REPORT, INDICATED CONTINUING VIOLATIONS UNTIL AS RECENTLY    AS SEPTEMBER 1982, DESPITE REPEATED ASSURANCES BY COMPANY    OFFICIALS THAT THE FACILITY WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE SHORTLY.

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