# WORMUTH BROTHERS FOUNDRY, INC
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4557`
- **Case Number:** 02-1992-0208
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $60K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $200K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- WORMUTH BROTHERS FOUNDRY, INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL REQUESTS THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION        PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND    RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928, AGAINST       WORMUTH BROTHERS FOUNDRY, INC FOR VIOLATIONS OF RCRA         OCCURRING AT THE COMPANY'S FACILITY LOCATED IN ATHENS,       NEW YORK.                                                      THE REFERRAL REPORT DESCRIBES SEVENTEEN SEPARATE           VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL AND STATE RCRA REGULATIONS.  WORMUTH   IS A NON-NOTIFYING GENERATOR OF WASTE WHICH HAS BEEN FOUND   TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF LEAD.  WORMUTH HAS    STORED SUCH WASTE AT ITS FACILITY, IN A FEDERALLY-PROTECTED  WETLAND, FOR OVER THREE YEARS, WITHOUT A PERMIT AND WITH-    OUT INTERIM STATUS UNDER SECTION 3005E OF RCRA, 42 U.S.C.    SECTION 6925E.  THESE WASTES HAVE BEEN STORED IN OPEN,       CORRODED CONTAINERS.                                           AMONG THE MORE SIGNIFICANT VIOLATIONS CITED ARE:  FAILURE  TO NOTIFY EPA OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITY; FAILURE TO        SUBMIT A PERMIT APPLICATION; FAILURE TO MAKE A HAZARDOUS     WASTE DETERMINATION; FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE     FACILITY TO PREVENT A RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS WASTES TO THE     ENVIRONMENT; AND ILLEGAL LAND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTES.  *                                                            FACILITY ADDR (IN FINDS)                                     HOWARD HALL RD & SCHOHARIE TURNPIKE                          ATHENS, NY 12015                      

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