EPA v. ROBROY

Case summary

SINCE 1962, ROBROY HAS BEEN AT THE PRESENT SITE. IT HAS BEN IN THE BUSINESS OF ELECTRICAL CONDUIT MANUFACTURING. IN 1967, AN ACID WASTE PIT RECEIVED UNTREATED ACID WASTES AND WAS UNLINED. IN 1970, A WASTEWATER TREATMENT IMPOUNDMENT WITH OIL SKIMMERS WAS CONSTRUCTED TO RECEIVE WASTE HIGH IN INC, CYANIDE, CHROMATE, AND A LOW PH. LIME WAS SENT TO THE ACIT PIT AT THIS TIME. AROUND 1972, NETRALIZATION SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED. DURING 1977, TWQB ACKNOWLEDGED GROUNDWATER CONTAIMINATION, ACID PIT WAS CLAY LINED AND SLUDGES ENCAP- SULATED, AND TWO MONITORING WELLS WERE TO BE DRILLED. IN JAN 1978, SITE B LANDFILL WAS CONSTRUCTED AND RECEIVED SLUDGE FROM ACID PIT WITH SUPERNATANT GOING TO WASTEWATER IMPOUNDMENT AND PLANS WERE TO USE 25% OF ACID PIT FOR DE- WATERING WASTES BEFORE DISPOSAL. IN OCTOBER 1978, SEEPAGE FROM ACID PIT WAS EVIDENT, AND IN 1978, ELECTROPLATING WAS DISCONTINUED BUT PRE-GALVANIZING-PICKLING CONTINUED. * APRIL 11, 1983, THE PRE-GALVANIZING-PICKLING PROCESS WAS DISCONTINUED AND THE FACILITY WAS NO LONGER GENERATING PROCESS WASTES. THE WASTE COMPONENTS INCLUDE SITE B LANDFILL, SITE A EVAPORATION IMPOUNDMENT (OLD ACID PIT) AND PART OF THE SITE A WASTEWATER TREATMENT IMPOUNDMENT (PARTIALLY CLOSED). IN 1980, A GW INJECTION AND RECOVERY SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED TO TRY A CLEANUP OF THE GW, BUT PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL. TDWR ISSUED AN N O V APRIL 11, 1984, WHICH WAS ANSWERED BY A REQUEST FOR CONFERENCE (WITHOUT ADDRESSING VIOLATIONS). APRIL 10, 1984, ROBROY NOTIFIED TDWR OF SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, AND RESULTS FROM ANALYSIS AT SITE B ALSO INDICATED POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION. SITE WAS INSPECTED BY EPA ON JULY 24, 1984, AND CONDITIONS REMAIN THE SAME AS STATE ABOVE. * RECOMMENDATION: SITE A AND SITE B ARE ACTUALLY TWO FACILITIES AND NEED TO BE ISSUED ID NUMBERS AND HAVE PART A REFLECT THE ACTUAL SITUATION. THE PARTIALLY CLOSED IMPOUNDMENT MUST BE CORED AND SAMPLED TO EVALUATE CONTAMINANTS PRESENT. THE FACILITY SHOULD BE IN THE ASSESSMENT PHASE AND MUST PREPARE AND SUBMIT A GW QUALITY ASSESSMENT PLAN. THE CLOSURE AND POST CLOSURE PLANS HAVE MINOR VIOLATIONS THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED. A 3008 SHOULD BE ISSUED TO THE FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• ROBROYNamed in complaint

Facilities (1)

• ROBROY INDUSTRIES TEXAS INCORPORATED

  1100 US HWY. 271 S.., GILMER, TX, 75644

  Registry ID: 110000598871

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3008 — Res Conserv & Rec Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• **PROPOSED SETTLEMENT**

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1984-08-31Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1984-08-31Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1985-06-11Enforcement Action Closed