# THOMAS PLATING, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Unknown
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `50855`
- **Case Number:** 08-1997-0215
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unknown
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- THOMAS PLATING (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REFERRAL IS TO RECOVER PAST EPA RESPONSE COSTS UNDER CERCLA AND TO COLLECT APPROPRIATE RELIEF FOR     VIOLATIONS OF AUTHORIZED RCRA SUBTITLE C REQUIREMENTS FROM   THOMAS PLATING COMPANY, INC., ITS OWNER, F. JEROME THOMAS,   AND ITS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST, A-Z CO.                         THOMAS PLATING CO. IS A METAL FINISHING BUSINESS. THE PRO- POSED CERCLA ACTION ARISES FROM EPA'S EMERGENCY REMOVAL      ACTION AND ATTEMPT TO RECOVER COSTS FROM THE CO.  FOLLOWING  THE PLANT'S CLOSURE ON 2/23/95, EPA PERFORMED A SITE ASSESS- MENT AND EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION.  SINCE THAT TIME, EPA HAS SOUGHT TO RECOVER ITS COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $302,943.  EPA  ISSUED A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT ON 7/23/96.  TO DATE, EPA HAS    NOT RECEIVED A PAYMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.                      EPA ALSO SEEKS $712,635  FOR RCRA VIOLATIONS.  THESE VIO-  LATIONS CONSIST OF VIOLATIONS OF PREVIOUS NOTICES OF VIO-    LATIONS DATING BACK TO 1990.                                   IN A 1990 NOV, RESPONDENT STORED HAZARDOUS WASTES IN OPEN  CONTAINERS AND EXCEEDED THE ALLOWABLE TIME FOR SUCH STORAGE.   IN A 1994 NOV, RESPONDENT FAILED TO MAKE HAZARDOUS WASTE   DETERMINATIONS, TREATING AND DISPOSING OF CHEMICALS WITHOUT  A PERMIT, DISPOSAL OF ON-SITE, TREATMENT OR STORAGE OF ANY   HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT HAVING EITHER INTERIM STATUS OR PER= MIT, FAILURE TO CONDUCT ADEQUATE CONTAINER INSPECTIONS,      FAILURE TO TRANSFER HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM A DAMAGED CONTAINER TO A GOOD ONE, FAILURE TO CONDUCT AD

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