EPA v. LOCKHEED CORPORATION

Case summary

LOCKHEED CORPORATION OWNS AND OPERATES A COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING BUSINESS IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA THAT RECENTLY SCALED DOWN AND NOW MAKES ONLY AIRCRAFT PARTS. AS PART OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PARTS MANUFACTURING, LOCKHEED BURBANK PERFORMS METAL FINISHING OPERATIONS. LOCKHEED BURBANK DISCHARGES AN AVERAGE OF $440,000 GALLONS PER DAY (GPD) OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM ITS FACILITY THROUGH MULTIPLE DISCHARGE POINTS INTO THE BURBANK AND LOS ANGELES SEWERS. LOCKHEED BURBANK REPEATEDLY VIOLATED THE CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD GOVERNING METAL FINISHING POINT SOURCES (40 C.F.R. PART 433 SUBPART A). LOCKHEED BURBANK FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE GENERAL AND INDUSTRY SPECIFIC CATEGORICAL PROHIBITIONS AGAINST DILUTION AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT (40 C.F.R. PART 403.6(D) AND 433.15(C)).

Defendants (1)

• LOCKHEED CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LOCKHEED CORPORATION

  4500 PARK GRANADA BLVD, CALABASAS, CA, 91399

  Registry ID: 110010689166

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/307 — Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
• CWA 309 — Violation of Existing AO
• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LOCKHEED CORPORATIONentered 1994-09-21

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $460,000

Timeline (10 milestones)

• 1990-10-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1991-05-01Referred To Headquarters
• 1991-08-01Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1991-08-02Returned To Region
• 1993-07-30Rereferred
• 1994-09-13Complaint Filed With Court
• 1994-09-21Final Order Lodged
• 1994-09-21Final Order Entered
• 1994-09-21Concluded
• 1994-09-30Enforcement Action Closed