EPA v. CLIMAX CHEMICAL
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$4,900
Case summary
CLIMAX CHEMICAL CO. CONDUCTS ITS BUSINESS OF SULFURINE ACIDE, HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND SODIUM SULFATE PRODUCTION AT MONUMENT, NM. * NOV 30, 1982, EPA ISSUED A WARNING LETTER TO CLIMAX RE- QUESTING THEIR SUBMITTAL OF THE QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL GROUND- WATER MONITORING RESULTS. * CLIMAX INFORMED EPA ON DEC 23, 1982, THEY HAD FAILED TO OB- TAIN A QUARTER SAMPLES ON ALL PARAMETERS. CLIMAX SAMPLE ONLY THOSE IN THE CORROSIVE NATURE OF A DISCHARGE. CLIMAX WAS CITED FOR THESE VIOLATIONS: SAMPLING ANALYSIS, UP- GRADIENT WEL AND POST CLOSURE ASSURANCE. * PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY $12,000 - COLLECTED $4,900 ON SEPT 18, 1985.
Defendants (1)
- CLIMAX CHEMICALNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
DLD RESOURCES INCORPORATED
8205 S. HWY. 322, MONUMENT, NM, 88265
Registry ID: 110000600895
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3008 — Res Conserv & Rec Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CLIMAX CHEMICAL
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $4,900
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1983-02-24Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1983-02-24Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1985-11-13Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 33771
- Case number
- 06-1983-0028
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- RCR
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Res Conserv & Rec Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1983-0028 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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