EPA v. GNB, INC.

Case summary

GNB, INC. OWNS & OPERATES SECONDARY LEAD RECOVERY FACILITY LOCATED IN FRISCO, TX. BY NO LATER THAN MARCH 8, 1987, SAID FACILITY WAS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH U.S. EPA PRETREATMENT STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE NOFERROUS META L MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY. JULY 87 THRU DECEMBER 88 GNB INC VIOLATED ON MONTHLY BASIS SECTIONS 301 AND 307 OF THE CWA IN THAT GNB FAILED TO MEET APPLICABLE EPA PRETREATMENT STANDARD FOR A NTIMONY, ARSENIC LEAD AND ZINC. BNB INC. ADDITIONALLY VIOLATED SECT. 301 BY FAILING TO TIMELY SUBMIT TO EPA COMPLIANCE REPORTS REQUIRED BY THE PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS LOCATED AT 40 CFR & 403.12.

Defendants (1)

• GNB, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (4)

• GNB METALS DIV

  7471 S 5TH ST, FRISCO, TX, 75034

  Registry ID: 110038159863

• GNB METALS DIV

  7471 S 5TH ST, FRISCO, TX, 75034

  Registry ID: 110038159863

• GNB METALS DIV

  7471 S 5TH ST, FRISCO, TX, 75034

  Registry ID: 110038159863

• GNB METALS DIV

  7471 S 5TH ST, FRISCO, TX, 75034

  Registry ID: 110038159863

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/307 — Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• GNB, INC.entered 1994-03-03

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $330,000

Timeline (10 milestones)

• 1988-10-24Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1989-03-31Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1989-05-15Returned To Region
• 1993-08-17Rereferred
• 1994-02-09Referred TO U.S. Attorney
• 1994-02-14Complaint Filed With Court
• 1994-03-03Final Order Lodged
• 1994-03-03Final Order Entered
• 1994-03-03Concluded
• 1994-07-14Enforcement Action Closed