# SUPERIOR CHROME PLATING COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52065`
- **Case Number:** 09-1985-0008
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $31K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SUPERIOR CHROME PLATING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE DEFENDANT IN THE PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION IS SUPERIOR  CHROME PLATING COMPANY. SUPERIOR OWNS AND OPERATES AN ELECTR OPLATING FACILITY LOCATED IN COMPTON, CA. THE FACILITY DIS-  CHARGES PROCESS WASTEWATER INTO THE JOINT WATER POLLUTION    CONTROL PLANT (JWPCP) OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE LOS ANGELES  COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS (LACSD) WHERE IT IS TREATED      PRIOR TO BEING DISCHARGED INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. SUPERIOR   IS NOT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN AN NPDES (NATIONAL POLLUTANT       DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM) PERMIT FOR ATHE PLANT BECAUSE  IT DISCHARGES INTO A PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW).  AS AN INDUSTRY WHICH DISCHARGES INTO A POTW, SUPERIOR IS     REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS OF SEC 307 OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1317.                              THE BASELINE MONITORING REPORT (BMR) SUPERIOR SUBMITTED TO   LACSD INDICATES THAT SUPERIOR IS DISCHARGING HEAVY METALS    INTO THE JWPCP IN EXCESS OF THE PRETREATMENT STANDARDS FOR E EXISTING ELECTROPLATING FACILITIES.  40 C.F.R. 413.  CHEMI-  CAL ANALYSES PERFORMED ON SUPERIOR'S DISCHARGE CONFIRMED THE OCCURRENCE OF EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS FOR CADMIUM, CHROMIUM,     ZINC, AND CYANIDE. THE MOST FLAGRANT VIOLATIONS WERE FOR THE DISCHARGE OF CONSISTENTLY HIGH LEVELS OF CADMIUM AND CYANIDE THE DEADLINE FOR ACHIEVING FINAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRETREA TMENT STANDARDS WAS 04/27/84. IN ITS BMR, SUPERIOR INITIALLY  PROJECTED IT WOULD NOT ACHIEVE FINAL COMPLIANCE UNTIL 04/19 85. AT A 06/21/85 MEETING WITH LACSD, A S

---
*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*