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MILLIPORE CORP.

Judicial · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 69

$193K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
01-1984-0001
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-2106
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

MILLIPORE CORP IS A MANUFACTURER OF FILTER AND LIQUID SEPARATION PRODUCTS USED BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL, HIGH-TECH, AND FOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. ITS FACILITY IN JAFFREY, NH, HAS BEEN DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS SINCE 1972 INTO A TRIBUTARY OF AN UNNAMED STREAM WHICH FEEDS INTO THE CONTOOCOOK LAKE & FROM THERE, THE CONTOOCOOK RIVER. THE DISCHARGES FROM PLANT OPERATIONS TOTAL MORE THAN 120,000 GALLONS/DAY AND RE- CEIVE NO TREATMENT. THE COMPANY HOLDS A RCRA PERMIT FOR STORAGE IN THIS FACILITY, BUT HAS BEEN OPERATING W/O AN NPDES PERMIT SINCE 1972 AND ONLY FILED AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH A PERMIT IN DECEMBER OF 1983.

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