# STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52135`
- **Case Number:** 09-1988-0009
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $375K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

STONE CONTAINER DISCHARGES UNTREATED PULP MILL EFFLUNET    INTO PONDS CREATED IN PLAYA LAKES.  STONE HAS NO PERMIT      FOR THIS DISCHARGE, CONTENDING THAT THE PONDS ARE NOT WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES, RATHER THAT THEY ARE TREATMENT PONDS.

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