# MILLIPORE CORP.
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `69`
- **Case Number:** 01-1984-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $193K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MILLIPORE CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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