EPA v. BESSER COMPANY USA
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER VIOLATIONS AT BESSER COMPANY USA'S QUINN MACHINE & FOUNDRY FACILITY NEAR BOONE, IOWA. THE FACILITY'S SWPPP LACKED MANY ELEMENTS; THE FACILITY FAILED TO IMPLEMENT ADEQUATE CONTROL MEASURES; IT FAILED TO CONDUCT SWPPP TRAINING; THERE WERE NUMEROUS INADEQUACIES WITH THE SAMPLING PROTOCOLS; THE FACILITY FAILED TO CONDUCT SELF-INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY ITS SWPPP; AND THE INSPECTOR NOTED UNAUTHORIZED NON-STORMWATER DISCHARGES.
Defendants (1)
- BESSER COMPANY USANamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
BESSER QUINN MACHINE & FOUNDRY
1518 12TH ST, BOONE, IA, 50036
Registry ID: 110021347327
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
BESSER COMPANY USAentered 2015-09-03
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $38,609
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2015-09-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2015-09-03Final Order Issued
- 2015-09-08Enforcement Action Closed
- 2015-09-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2015-09-08Pipeline Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600246094
- Case number
- 07-2015-0352
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 07
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Permit Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 07-2015-0352 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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