EPA v. SURGICAL SPECIALTIES CORP
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$10,000
Case summary
ON DECEMBER 30, 1999, EPA REGION III ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY ORDER (APO) TO SURGICAL SPECIALITIES CORP.,FOR VIOLATION OF THE PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1317, AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS, 40 C.F.R. SECTION 403 AND 433. THE APO ALLEGES THAT SURGICAL SPECIALTIES, A MANUFACTURER OF PRECISION MEDICAL DEVICES LOCATED IN SHILLINGTON, BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, VIOLATED LIMITS ON THE DISCHARGE OF LEAD OF PUBLICLY-OWNED WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS. EPA SEEKS PENALTIES OF $19,000 AGAINST SURGICAL SPECIALTIES FOR THESE VIOLATIONS.
Defendants (1)
- SURGICAL SPECIALTIES CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
SURGICAL SPECIALTIES CORPORATION
50 S MUSEUM RD, SHILLINGTON, PA, 19607
Registry ID: 110001029084
Statutes cited
- CWA 402 — Clean Water Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
SURGICAL SPECIALTIES COentered 2000-03-31
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $10,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1999-12-13Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1999-12-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2000-03-31Final Order Issued
- 2000-04-24Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 18791
- Case number
- 03-2000-0041
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- 3RC20
- EPA region
- 03
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Clean Water Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-2000-0041 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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