# POWER ENGINEERING CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `50748`
- **Case Number:** 08-1997-0106
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- POWER ENGINEERING CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

POWER ENGINEERING OPERATES AN INDUSTRIAL CHROME PLATING    FACILITY THAT REFINISHES CRANKSHAFTS, CONNECTING RODS AND    ROD JOURNALS FOR LARGE DIESEL ENGINES.  THE FACILITY STRIPS  THE OLD CRANKSHAFTS, PREPARES THE SURFACE FOR REFINISHING    AND CHROME PLATES THE CRANKSHAFTS TO REMANUFACTURED SPECIFI- CATIONS.  AS A RESULT OF THESE OPERATIONS, THE FACILITY      GENERATES LARGE QUANTITIES OF F006 CHROME WASTEWATER TREAT-  MENT SLUDGE AND D007 CHROME CONTAMINATED MEDIA THAT EXCEEDS  THE REGULATORYH STANDARDS FOR TCLP CHROME.                     THIS CASE INVOLVES OVERFILING ON ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE FEDERALLY AUTHORIZED STATE OF CO. HAZARDOUS WASTE     PROGRAM.  EPA HAS CONCERNS THAT THE STATE WILL NOT BE ABLE   TO FULLY IMPLEMENT ITS FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER AND WILL NOT BE PAID THE FULL $1.1 MILLION PENALTY ASSESSED  IN ITS FINAL ORDER.  TO DATE, THE ASSESSED PENALTY HAS NOT   BEEN PAID.                                                     THE PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION WOULD $1,775,868(2,226,368 IF WE PLEAD THE ILLEGAL OPERATOR COUNTS) AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.

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