EPA v. PC DYNAMICS

Case summary

DATA SHEET: * VIOLATIONS: VIOLATIONS OF PC DYNAMICS' DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS FOR PRE- TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR NEW SOURCES AND FAILURE TO IMPLE- MENT PRETREATMENT IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE REGULA- TIONS. * PROPOSED RELIEF: SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF CONSENT DECREE AND MINIMUM CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000. * RECENT CONTACT: THE MOST RECENT CONTACT WITH PC DYNAMICS TOOK PLACE DURING THE COURSE OF A SHOW CAUSE MEETING SEPT 28, 1988. * NATIONAL ISSUES: THE PURPOSE OF THE CWA IS FRUSTRATED IF INDUSTRIAL USERS ARE ALLOWED TO IGNORE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, AND THEREBY THWART COMPLIANCE EFFORTS. * * CASE SYNOPSIS: PC DYNAMICS CUSTOM MANUFACTURES MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIR- CUITS (MIC'S), WHICH ARE A DERIVATIVE OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD. PC DYNAMICS PERFORMS METAL FINISHING AS PART OF ITS MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THE WASTEWATER FROM THIS MANUFAC- TURING PROCESS IS DISCHARGED AT A RATE OF APPROX 8,000 GPD TO THE STEWART CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WHICH IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF FRISCO. THE CO IS SUBJECT TO THE REG- ULATIONS FOR METAL FINISHING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS FOR EXISTING AND NEW SOURCES OF POLLUTION. * PC DYNAMICS IS A SUBSIDIARY OF SERVIO LOGIC CORP WHICH ACQUIRED 85% INTEREST IN 1983. SERVIO LOGIC CORP, STARTED IN 1982, HAD SALES IN 1987 ESTIMATED AT $10,000,000. IN OPERATION SINCE 1983, PC DYNAMICS EMPLOYS 110 AND ITS REPORTED SALES FOR 1987 WERE ESTIMATED AT $6,000,000. AC- CORDING TO DUN AND BRADSTREET, PC DYNAMICS' FINANCING IS SECURED AND ITS TREND IS UP.

Defendants (1)

• PC DYNAMICSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• P C DYNAMICS CORPORATION

  2906 HWY 720 EAST, FRISCO, TX, 75034

  Registry ID: 110000911862

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
• CWA 309 — Violation of Existing AO

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PC DYNAMICSentered 1993-10-12

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $90,000

Timeline (9 milestones)

• 1988-10-24Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1988-12-30Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1989-04-04Returned To Region
• 1992-10-22Rereferred
• 1993-09-08Complaint Filed With Court
• 1993-10-12Final Order Lodged
• 1993-10-12Final Order Entered
• 1993-10-12Concluded
• 1994-07-20Enforcement Action Closed