# CPS CHEMICAL, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4364`
- **Case Number:** 02-1992-0011
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $85K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CPS CHEMICAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

IN THIS REFERRAL, EPA REGION II SEEKS INJUNCTIVE RELIEF    AND CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST THE CPS CHEMICAL COMPANY,        LOCATED IN OLD BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY.  ON OCTOBER 09,1991, A    TEAM OF EPA INSPECTORS INSPECTED THE FACILITY AND DISCOVERED THAT THE COMPANY WAS OPERATING A CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING      PROCESS WITHOUT A SCRUBBER THAT WAS REQUIRED BY PERMITS      ISSUED BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC- TION AND ENERGY.  THE REFERRAL REQUESTS THAT AN ACTION BE    FILED TO ENJOIN CPS CHEMICAL FROM CONTINUING TO OPERATE WITH OUT THE SCRUBBER AND SEEKS PENALTIES AGAINST CPS FOR THE     PERIOD THAT IT OPERATED WITHOUT THE CONTROL EQUIPMENT.       **********************                                       FACILITY ADDRESS:                                            OLD WATERWORKS RD                                            OLD BRIDGE, NJ 08857    **** OWNERSHIP: P                    MIDDLESEX - COUNTY                                           **********************

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