EPA v. GENERAL METALS POWDER

Case summary

ON 9/25/90, REGION V ISSUED A COMPLAINT AGAINST RESPONDENT ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT FORM R FOR COPPER, A LISTED TOXIC CHEMICAL, AT ONE OF RESPONDENT'S FACILITIES IN AKRON. RESPONDENT HAD FILED THE PROPER FORMS AT ANOTHER OF ITS FACILITIES NEARBY. THE COM- PLAINT PROPOSED A PENALTY OF $5000. - ON 3/8/91, REGION V FILED A CAFO TO SETTLE THE CASE. THE PENALTY PAYMENT WAS REDUCED TO $1000, WHICH INCLUDED AN EBE (ENVIRONMENTALLY BENEFICIAL EXPENDITURE) MITIGATION BASED ON THE FACT THAT RESPONDENT HAD RECENTLY SPENT $156,000 IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS WHICH ENABLED RESPONDENT TO REDUCE THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS, INCLUDING COPPER, SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW ITS NPDES PERMIT LIMITS.

Defendants (1)

• GENERAL METALS POWDERNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• GENERAL METALS POWDER COMPANY

  1195 HOME AVENUE, AKRON, OH, 443100550

  Registry ID: 110000389393

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• GENERAL METALS POWDERentered 1991-03-08

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $1,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1990-09-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1991-03-08Final Order Issued
• 1991-03-08Compliance Achieved
• 1991-03-08Enforcement Action Closed
• 1991-06-04Enforcement Action Data Entered