# ALTO-TRONICS
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `77`
- **Case Number:** 01-1984-0010
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $75K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALTO-TRONICS CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REGION PROPOSES FILING OF CIVIL ACTION FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES UNDER SEC 309(B) & (D) OF CWA, AGAINST ALTO-   TRONICS CORP FOR VIOLATIONS OF PRETREATMENT STANDARDS TO     WHICH THE CORP IS SUBJECT AS AN INDUSTRIAL USER OF A POTW.    ALTO-TRONICS DISCHARGES APPROX. 141,430 GPD OF PROCESS      WASTEWATER FROM ITS PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURING FA-  CILITY IN BURLINGTON, MA, INTO PUBLIC SEWERS LEADING INTO    THE METROPOLITAN DIST COMM (MDC).  ALTO-TRONICS HAS VIOLATED & CONTINUES TO VIOLATE THE LIMITATIONS & OTHER REQUIREMENTS  PLACED ON ITS DISCHARGE BY MDC.  IT ALSO VIOLATED THE RE-    QUIREMENTS & LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ITS MDC PERMIT WHILE   THAT WAS IN EFFECT. THE COMPANY HAS FAILED TO MEET THE COP-  PER & LEAD ELCETROPLATING PRETREATMENT STDS, WHICH BECAME    BINDING ON APR 27, 1984, FOR EXISTING NON-INTEGRATED ELEC-   TROPLATERS.  FINALLY, ALTO-TRONICS FAILED TO SUBMIT TO EPA   A BMR DETAILING THE COMPANY'S OPERATIONS & SAMPLING RESULTS, IDENTIFYING APPLICABLE PRETREATMENT STDS, & INCLUDING A      COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE.                                          EPA IS SEEKING PENALTIES FOR PAST VIOLATIONS OF SECTIONS    307 & 308 OF THE CWA, AND SEEKS A COURT ORDER TO ENSURE COM- PLIANCE W/NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS, REPORTING REQUIRE MENTS, AND LOCAL STDS.

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