EPA v. Bruce Industries
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
This is an Administrative Order (AO) for compliance pursuant to the Clean Water Act issued to Bruce Industries in Dayton, Nevada. The violation involves the new source Federal metal finishing standards at 40 CFR 433. Bruce Indistries, an industrial user, operated in a sewer district without an approved pretreatment program, and accordingly, without a valid permit. The Order establishes interim requirements for Bruce Industries to increase the capability and capacity of its pretreatment program, to cease diluion as a substitute for treatment, and to self-monitor, in order to consistently comply with the Federal standards.
Defendants (1)
- Bruce IndustriesNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
BRUCE INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED
101 EVANS AVENUE, DAYTON, NV, 89403
Registry ID: 110002138464
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/307 — Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Bruce Industriesentered 2006-09-27
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2006-09-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2006-09-27Enforcement Action Closed
- 2006-09-27Final Order Issued
- 2006-10-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600014135
- Case number
- 09-2006-0230
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2006-0230 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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