EPA v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY - OKLAHOMA

Case summary

SUBJECT: * COMPLAINT, COMPLIANCE ORDER AND NOTICE OF OPPRTUNITY FOR HEARING FILED AGAINST FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY. * BACKGROUND INFORMATION: * FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY IS A TIRE MANUFACTURING PLANT LOCATED AT 2500 SOUTH COUNCIL RD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73124, AND FURTHER DESCRIBED AS PART OF THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH RANGE 4 WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, IN OKLAHOMA CTY, OK. * ON AUGUST 23, 1985, A FILED INVESTIGATION OF FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY HAD AN INADEQUATE GROUNDWATER MONI- TORING PROGRAM. ACCORDING TO PRC'S REPORT, FIRESTONE MODIFIED ITS GROUNDWATER MONITORING PROGRAM AND CERTIFIED COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE GROUNDWATER MONITORING REQUIREMENTS ON OR BEFORE NOV 8, 1985. * ON JUNE 12-13, 1986, AN EMPLOYEE OF EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPEC- TION AT FIRESTONE TO VERIFY THAT THEIR GROUNDWATER MONI- TORING REQUIREMENTS BY NOV 8, 1985, WHICH WAS REQUIRED BY THE LOIS PROVISIONS. THE INSPECTION REPORT SHOWED THAT FIRESSTONE'S GROUNDWATER MONITORING PROGRAM WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE GROUNDWATER MONITORING REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE IT DID NOT HAVE IN PLACE ALL THAT IS REQUIRED BY OK RULE 7.1.6. THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS WERE CITED: 1. INADEQUATE IMPLEMENTATION OF A GROUNDWATER MONI- TORING PROGRAM; 2. FAILURE TO DEVELOP A GROUNDWATER SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS PLAN OR ALTERNATIVELY, FAILED TO KEEP A DEVELOPED PLAN AT THE FACILITY; 3. FAILURE TO DEVELOP AN OUTLINE OF A GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT PLAN; 4. FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT A GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESS- MENT PLAN SUBSEQUENT TO DISCOVERY OF ANY SIGNIFI- CANT CHANGE IN PARAMETERS INDICATING GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; 5. TREATMENT, STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS; AND 6. FAILURE TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN CLOSURE PLAN. * COMPLAINANT PROPOSES TO ASSESS A CIVIL PENALTY OF $65,500 AGAINST FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY. * RECOMMENDATION: * TO SUBMIT A COMPLIANCE ORDER AND NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING AGAINST FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO FOR FAILURE TO PROPERLY CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE GROUNDWATER MONITORING REQUIREMENTS. ALSO, TO ALLOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING.

Defendants (1)

• FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE INCORPORATED DAYTON TIRE DIVISION

  2500 S. COUNCIL RD., OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 73128

  Registry ID: 110000453928

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3008A — Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY - OKLAHOMAentered 1988-05-26

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $33,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1987-07-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1987-07-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1988-05-26Final Order Issued
• 1988-06-26Enforcement Action Closed