EPA v. Lafarge Building Materials, Inc.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Complaint issued to address numeric effluent violations of Respondent's SPDES Discharge Permit. These violations were originally referred to DOJ under the Lafarge North America CD, but the Ravena facility was withdrawn from the CD during settlement negotiations with the understanding that its significant effluent violations would be addressed administratively. Injunctive relief will be claimed under a separate Administrative Order-on-Consent.
Defendants (1)
- Lafarge Building Materials, Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
RAVENA CEMENT PLANT
1916 US ROUTE 9W, RAVENA, NY, 12143
Registry ID: 110056973182
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Lafarge Building Materials, Inc.entered 2012-09-12
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $120,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2011-10-31Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2011-11-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2012-09-12Final Order Issued
- 2012-09-12NPDES Closed
- 2012-09-12Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 2600072904
- Case number
- 02-2012-3401
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- WGL
- EPA region
- 02
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Permit Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2012-3401 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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