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MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NATIONAL CASE) (LEAD)

Judicial · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 22799

$10.00M
Penalty
—
Cost recovery
$42.00M
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-1998-0459
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-7-1-06413
Multimedia
Y
Self-disclosure
Y

Defendants (1)

Summary

MULTI-MEDIA REFERRAL: RCRA: OPERATING DISPOSAL, TREATMENT AND STORAGE UNITS WITHOUT A PERMIT; LDR VIOLATIONS, LIQUIDS IN THE LANDFILL, ACCEPTING OFF-SITE HAZARDOUS WASTE, NUMEROUS PERMIT VIOLATIONS. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF: SITE INVESTIGATION AND CLOSURE OF THE LANDFILL. UIC: UNPERMITTED INJECTION, LDR VIOLATIONS, RECORDKEEPING VIOLATIONS AND OTHER PERMIT VIOLATIONS. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF: SITE INVESTIGATION. CWA: 600 DMR EXCEEDANCES AND FAILURE TO OPERATE/MAINTAIN. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF: UPGRADE SYSTEM. CAA: OPERATING AN UNPERMITTED BOILER, NOTIFICATION VIOLATIONS AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATION/MAINTENANCE LOG. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF: SEEK PERMIT, DEVELOP REQUIRED LOG. EPCRA: A REVIEW OF MORTON'S TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI) REPORTS AND OHTER INFORMATION REVEALED NUMEROUS SECTION 313 VIOLATIONS AS WELL AS MORE THAN 25 INSTANCES OF FAILIURE TO REPORT RELEASES UNDER CERCLA 103. THE BOTTOM-LINE PENALTY FOR THE EPCRA COUNTS IN THIS CASE IS $317,521. TOTAL PENALTIES (WITHOUT ECONOMIC BENEFIT): APPROXIMATELY 85 MILLION.

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