# RO-BANKS TOOLS AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1993 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `49460`
- **Case Number:** 08-1993-0014
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BANKS, ROBERT T., PRESIDENT (complaint)
- RO-BANKS TOOLS AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY (complaint)
## Summary

THE RO-BANKS TOOL AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OWNS A          PRODUCTION FACILITY AT 909 4TH AVENUE SOUTH, WAHPETON,       NORTH DAKOTA.  IT IS PRIMARILY A MANUFACTURER OF STEEL AND   ALUMINIUM COMPONENTS FOR VARIOUS PIECES OF FARM AND          CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.  AS PART OF ITS MANUFACTURING        PROCESSES, RO-BANKS PERFORMS GRINDING, CUTTING, WELDING,     BENDING, PHOSPHATING, PAINTING, AND TANK TESTING.            WASTEWATERS GENERATED FROM THESE ACTIVITIES ARE SUBJECT TO   NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS FOR METAL FINISHING.  WATER  FROM THIS PROCESS IS DISCHARGED INTO A PUBLICALLY OWNED      TREATMENT WORKS, AND OPERATED BY THE CITY OF WAHPETON.  THE  POTW OWNS AND OPERATES A WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY       WHICH DISCHARGES EFFLUENT INTO THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH.   THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH IS CONSIDERED A WATER OF THE      UNITED STATES.  THIS CASE DOES NOT PROPOSE ANY CIVIL         PENALTIES, AND SHALL TERMINATE 11/01/93, OR WHEN FULL        COMPLIANCE IS DEMONSTRATED WHICHEVER IS LATER.

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