EPA v. COLORADO ORGANIC CHEMICAL CO.
Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
Penalty assessed
$94,000
Cost recovery
$39,000
Case summary
COC AND MOZER FAILED TO COMPLY WITH A 1982 RCRA CONSENT AGRE EMENT AND FINAL ORDER(CAFO). ADDITIONALLY, SUBSEQUENT TO THE CAFO, COC AND MOZER CONTINUED TO OPERATE AS A GENERATOR, STORER, AND DISPOSER OF HAZARDOUS WASTES WITH NEITHER A RCRA PERMIT OR INTERIUM STATUS. THE COMPANY IS IN VIOLATION OF VIRTUALLY ALL INTERIUM STATUS REGULATION (40 C.F.R. PART 265).
Defendants (3)
- COLORADO ORGANIC CHEMICAL CO.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- FIRST INTERSTATE BANK OF DENVER(TRUSTEE)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- MOZER, PHILLIP C.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
COLORADO ORGANIC CHEMICAL CO INC
5321 DAHLIA STREET, COMMERCE CITY, CO, 80022
Registry ID: 110002969413
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 106B — Superfund
- RCRA 3008 — Res Conserv & Rec Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
COLORADO ORGANIC CHEMICAL CO.entered 1986-01-06
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $94,000
Timeline (8 milestones)
- 1983-03-11Referred To Headquarters
- 1983-08-09Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1985-01-15Referred TO U.S. Attorney
- 1985-10-07Complaint Filed With Court
- 1986-01-06Final Order Lodged
- 1986-01-06Final Order Entered
- 1986-01-06Concluded
- 1987-10-01Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 47696
- Case number
- 08-1982-0009
- DOJ docket
- 90-7-1-240
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- RCR
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Superfund
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1982-0009 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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