# WATTS REGULATOR CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `57`
- **Case Number:** 01-1982-0029
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $78K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WATTS REGULATOR CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST WATTS REGULATOR CO. FOR     VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT (THE ACT).   DEFENDANT (DEF) IS A CORPORATION EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF  MASSACHUSETTS.  DEF OWNS AND OPERATES A METAL FINISHING      FACILITY, UNDER THE TRADE NAME OF WEBSTER VALVE CO., IN      FRANKLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE.  THE COMPLAINT REQUESTS INJUNCTIVE  RELIEF AS WELL AS CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PAST VIOLATIONS.         DEF HAS BEEN DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS INTO A NAVIGALBE WATER WITHOUT A PERMIT SINCE 1959.  HOWEVER, THE DEF DID COMPLETE  A PROPER PERMIT APPLICATION ON JUNE 10, 1981.  THE REGION    DEFERRED ISSUING A PERMIT PENDING THE PROMULGATION OF        EFFLUENT GUIDELINES FOR THE METAL FINISHING INDUSTRY (PROPO- SED ON AUGUST 31, 1982). THE REGION HAS NOW COMPLETED A      DRAFT PERMIT FOR THE FACILITY AND IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE FINAL PERMIT WILL BE ISSUED TO THE CO. WITHIN THE NEXT 60    DAYS.  MOREOVER, THE DEF IS FULLY LIABLE FOR VIOLATIONS      WHICH OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE CO.'S APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT.    STATE OFFICIALS DISCOVERED DISCHARGES WITHOUT A PERMIT     DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE FACILITY ON JUNE 2, 1980.  THE   CO. SUBMITTED A SHORT FORM PERMIT APPLICATION ON JULY 30,    1980.  STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS MET WITH CO. OFFICIALS    AND AGAIN INSPECTED THE FACILITY ON DECEMBER 10, 1980.  THE  SUBMITTED A COMPLETE PERMIT APPLICATION ON JUNE 10, 1981.  A REGION I INSPECTED THE FACILITY ON DECEMBER 9, 1982.

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