EPA v. COLGATE PALMOLIVE
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$110,000
Case summary
COLGATE VIOLATED ITS NPDES PERMIT BY DISCHARGING TOTAL BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND,NET TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS AND SURFACTANTS IN EXCESS OF ITS EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.
Defendants (1)
- COLGATE PALMOLIVENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WAUCONDA SAND & GRAVEL
BONNER & GARLAND RD, WAUCONDA, IL, 60084
Registry ID: 110009327022
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
COLGATE PALMOLIVEentered 1994-11-16
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $110,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1994-09-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1994-10-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1994-11-16Final Order Issued
- 1995-02-24Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 28972
- Case number
- 05-1994-0368
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- AWTGL
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1994-0368 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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