# IMO INDUSTRIES
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52385`
- **Case Number:** 09-1992-0111
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $187K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- IMO INDUSTRIES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

IMOINDUSTRIES OWNS AND OPERATES A FACILITY IN VERNON, CA.  WHICH MANUFACTURES PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE        SWITCHES, TRANSDUSERS AND VALUES. THE VERNON PLANT DISCHARGE INTO THE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   JOINT WASTEWATER VIOLATION OF THE CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT   STANDARDS FOR METAL FINISHING OPERATIONS. IN ADDITION, IMO   INDUSTRIESVIOLATED THE PROHIBITIONS AGAINST DILUTION AS      A SUBSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT BY CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING ITS       RINSES EVEN WHEN METAL FINISHING PROCESSES WERE NOT IN       OPERATION. AS OF NOV 1991, IMO INDUSTRIES DOES USES OUTSIDE  CONTRACTORS FOR ITS CHROMIUM-BASED PROCESSES. WITHOUT        CHROMIUM, IMO DOES NOT VIOLATE THE CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT  STANDARDS. THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED BETWEEN NOV. 1987 AND     NOV. 1991.

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