# PEERLESS DISTRIBUTING CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `56488`
- **Case Number:** EF-1985-0017
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $59K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PEERLESS DISTRIBUTING CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

PEERLESS IMPORTED LEADED GASOLINE IN VIOLATION OF EPA   LEAD STANDARDS FOR TWO QUARTERS:  11/01/82 THROUGH 03/01/83  AND 04/01/83 THROUGH 06/30/83.  PENALTY ASSESSED AT $10,000  PER DAY FOR EACH DAY OF VIOLATION.  HOWEVER, GASOLINE HAD    BEEN IMPORTED ONLY 6 DAYS DURING THE TWO QUARTERS, WITH ONLY 5 DAYS WHERE THE IMPORTED LEADED GASOLINE HAD BEEN IN VIOL-  ATION.  ATTORNEYS FOR PEERLESS ARGUED THAT THE MAXIMUM PLTY, THEREFORE, WAS $50,000:  $10,000 FOR EACH DAY GASOLINE HAD   BEEN IMPORTED IN VIOLATION OF LEAD STANDARD. DOJ WAS RELUC-  TANT TO BRING THE CASE BECAUSE THEY FELT DEFENDANT'S ARGU-   MENT HAD MERIT & THIS WAS NOT A GOOD CASE TO LITIGATE FOR    THAT REASON.  THERE WAS LOTS OF PRESSURE FROM DOJ TO SETTLE. OFFERS FOR SETTLEMENT FROM DEFENDANT WERE NEVER ABOVE $7000. FINALLY SETTLED WHEN CASE WAS BROUGHT IN DISTRICT COURT.

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