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United States v. Harshaw Chemical Cor Jpany - Close of Action

J?.;nes 0. f'cDonald, .Director Enforces:-nt Division '•

.-Stanley Leqro Assistant Administrator for Enforceinent (EN-329)

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Enclosed please find a Settlonient Anroerrient and Modified Consent Decree entered in United Star.es v. Harshav.' Chenical Ccnrpany, Case m . C-72--214 (U5DC ND Ohio) on .Mr<rch 4, 1977. A Petition vvas filed on August 30, 197G-, seeking to find Marsha\,' in contenpt, for violations of the original Conssnr, Decree betv/een th;? parties. The latter decree vias entered in 1972. Settlement v/as reached as follov/s:

1) Modification of the Consent Decree;

a) Initial Effluent Liniitations extended until July 1. 1977;

b) Diversion of ifarshaw's discharges from the Black River to the City of Elyria municipal treatment systein by July 1, 1977.

2) Payment of Seventeen Thousand Five-l'undred ($17,500.00) dollars by Harshaw to the United States for past Consent Decree violations.

The above sun has been received and deposited in Miscellaneous Finos, Accoijnt !io. 631099. The U.S. Attorney for the liorthern District of Ohio has filed a stipulation vn'tli the Court dismissing our Petition, with prejudice, and has closed his file on this n'atter.

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Enclosure

cc: Jeffrey G. Miller Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water Enforcement Enforcement Division (EM-33J)

J. Brian Molloy, Director Enforccrient Division (EN-333)

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Complaint: Case No. C 72-214 •.

Finn: Harshaw Chemical Co.

Amount: $17,500.00

Please deposit t h i s check in Miscellaneous Fines, Account No. 681099.

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Cer.tlfiod Matl Receipt Ko. 390425 (Return receipt requoatcd)

March 4, 1977 Mr, Jair.cs McDonald D i r e c t o r Enforcameat DivioIon U.S. Euvironruentai Protection Agency Region V 230 South Dcnrborn .Street Chicago, Illinois 60604

Attention: Mr, Snnford H.' Stein, AttO'rncy, Enforce-;:-.gnt Div.

Re: United S t a t e s v . Harshav? ClieTnical Coapany Caza No. C y2'.?14 (USDG N3 Ohio)

Dear S i r s :

Enclosed please find the following:

(I) nn executed certified true copy of the csttlcnent agrccsisnt in the ubcve-captioned riatter;

(2).. an e:-:ssuted certified true copy of tho Modified Consent Decree; and

(3) Cneck No. 100137 frora Tue Harohjri* Chcsnical Coapany payoble to the Treasurar of the United Gtntes of Aiierica in the eun\ of 517,500.00, aa called for in the Bettlctaont n-fiveemsnt, y

This check ia being laailcd to you by ccrtif;ied nail for your placeniant into tha proper fund provided for this typo of action.

Ua will now filo o ctipuljition with the Court, disniisfling our action, with prtijudicG, aa called for in tho Gcttlcnicnt ngreement, V.s v;ill then close cur ttie en this r-atter.

Very truly yours,

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT^;'' j':'-, .V! :;: '- cnu.-;T FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO '''^''''^/^^••••'/•i-.:,^'^^^^"^

EASTERN DIVISION 't:L../<;.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff

V.

HARSHAW CHEMICAL COMPANY,

Defendant.

CIVIL ACTION NO. C72-214

HON. JUDGE W. K. THOMAS

MODIFIED CONSENT DECREE

In this case, the Court finds that:

The Complaint having been filed herein on March 2 ,

1972, and with plaintiff and defendant by their respective at­

torneys having consented, without trial of any issue of fact or

law herein, prior to the entry of this Modified Consent Decree,

and without this Modified Consent Decree constituting any evidence

or admission by any party hereto with respect to any issue of fact

or law herein:

'NOW, THEREFORE, before the taking of any testimony,

upon the pleadings and upon consent of the parties hereto,,and

without adjudication of any issue of fact or law, it is Ordered,

Adjudged and Decreed as follows;

This Court has jurisdiction of the subject matter herein

and of the parties consenting hereto under Section 1345 of Title 28,

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United States Code. The Complaint states a claim upon which relief

may be grarted against the defendant under Title 33 United States

i Code, Sectj^on 407.

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efendant Harshaw Chemical Company is a subsidiary of

ustries Inc. and is a corporation licensed to do busi­

ness in th^ State of Ohio and is engaged in doing business at Elyria,

Ohio, with4n this Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio.

Ill

I efendant Harshaw Chemical Company maintains a manufacturing

facility a1, Elyria, Ohio, which is engaged in producing chemical

IV

I s used in this decree:

.? k "Daily average concentration" shall mean the average

of all daily concentrations determined during the month. For those

parameters monitored as a series of discrete grab samples taken at

regular intervals throughout a day and analyzed separately, the

daily concentration shall be the average of the concentrations

of the discrete grab samples taken on any one day.

B. "Daily maximum concentration" shall mean the highest

concentration appearing in any composite sample or in any average

of discrete grab samples taken during any day of the month.

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C. "Company" shall mean The Harshaw Chemical Company.

D. "Discharge" shall mean any flow of liquids or solids

from the Company's Elyria, Ohio, facility Into the navigable waters

of the United States directly or via the sewerage system of the City

.of Elyria.

E. "Regional Administrator" shall mean the Regional

Administrator for Region V of the Environmental Protection Agency,

his successor, or his authorized representative.

. F, "Concentration" shall mean the weight of any given

material present in. a unit .volume of liquid and shall be expressed

in units of milligrams per liter (mg/1).

G. "24 hour composite" shall mean a composite sample

made up of at least six increments taken at regular intervals

throughout the 2 4 hour period.

H. "Daily average loading" shall mean the numerical

average of the daily loadings determined over the days analyses

were made during a calendar month.

I. "Daily maximum loading" shall mean the highest

loading occurring on any day of the month.

J. "Loading" shall mean the weight, expressed in

pounds or kilograms, -of a canstituent in the Company's discharge.

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The provisions of this Decree shall apply to all

discharges from the defendant's Elyria facility which flow

to the Black River and the City of Elyria Sewerage System.

VI

Initial Effluent Limitations

It is recognized that the initial effluent limitations

set forth in Table I may not be achieved by the Company in all

instances. However, during the period from the date hereof

until July 1, 1977, with respect to discharges to the Black

River, the Company agrees to achieve the initial effluent limi­

tations set forth in Table I 95% of the time and during the re­

maining 5% of the time the Company agrees that its discharges

shall not exceed the highest effluent level recorded for each

parameter reported to the United States EPA during the period

of 48 months immediately preceding the date herepf.

Subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph,

the Company further agrees that from the effective date hereof

until July 1, 1977, the effluent limitations and monitoring

requirements in Table I shall apply to all discharges to the

Black River of other than non-contact cooling water.

Beginning on the effective date of this Decree, and.

until diversion to the Elyria sewer system as required in

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3 24 hr comp

5 24 hr co;iip

9 24 hr comp

3 24 hr co.mp

6 24 hr comp

.012 24 hr comp

6 24 h r comp

SOO 24 hr ccmo

Meariurina Freriuoncy

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weei;ly

Weekly

Weekly

•' Weekl V

Da i ly Averaqe kn/dav ( Ibs /dav)

454

1.8

3.6

5.5

1.3

.3.6

0.009

3.6

727

18.2 20 1 ,r]rab/24 hr Weekly

6 measures/ Weekly 24 h r

6 measures/ Weekly 24 hr

6 measures/ Weekly 24 hr

when mon 1 t-.or .i.n<'f f:;qui pnir^ni.:

(ICOO)

(4.0)

(0.0)

(12.0)

(4.0)

(8.0)

(0.02)

(8 .0

(1600)

( 4 0 . 0 )

D a i l y i-'aximum k r / d a v ( I b s / d a v )

903

5.5

10.9

16.4

(2000)

(12.0)

(24.0)

(36.0)

5.5-^ . {12:0)

10.9 (24.0)

0.03 (0.06)

10.9 (24.0)

1454 (3200)

35.4 (SO.O)

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paragraph VII is accomplished, the Company shall monitor the

non-contact cooling water discharges to the Black River, and

the discharges from the City of Elyria sewerage system overflow

located at Obitts Chemical Company.

The Company will exercise due diligence to obtain the

repair and/or modification of its flow monitoring equipment to

make it operational, and at all times when such equipment is

operational the Company shall continuously monitor the flow and

pH of all discharges limited in Table I.

VII

Treatment facilities to comply with the provisions of

paragraph XI will be constructed and made operational in accord­

ance with the following schedule:

Completion of final plans by January 2, 1977

Initiation of construction by February 1, 1977

Report of progress by March 1, 1977

Report of progress by May 1, 1977

Report of progress by June 1, 1977

Completion of construction and diversion to

Elyria sewer system by July 1, 1977

Obtain operational level by August 15, 1977

VIII

The progress reports identified in the foregoing

schedule of compliance will be submitted to the agencies listed

'..'.

below and will indicate compliance or non-compliance with the

schedule. In the event of non-compliance, the report shall in­

clude the cause of noncompliance, any remedial actions taken,

and the probability of meeting the next scheduled requirements.

United States Environmental Protection Agency Region V, Enforcement Division 230 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Attention: Chief, Compliance Section

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Northeast District Office 2110 East Aurora Road Twinsburq, Ohio 44087

IX

Monitoring results obtained during the previous three

months shall be summarized and reported on a Discharge Monitoring

Report Form CEPA No. 3320-1), postmarked no later than the 28th day

of the month following the completed reporting period. The first

report under this Modified Consent Decree is due for the period

ending March 31, 1977. Duplicate signed copies of these, and all

other reports required herein, shall be submitted to the Regional

Administrator and the State at the following addresses:

' United States Environmental Protection Agency Region V, Enforcement Division 230 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Attention: Chief, Compliance Section

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Northeast District Office 2110 East Aurora Road

. Twinsburg, Ohio 44087

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Wltenever necessary to verify compliance with the provisions

of this DecrQ

of entry to,

and may at Reasonable times have access to and copy any records, inspect

any monitori

Decree, and

e, the Regional Administrator orchis authorized repre­

sentative, ilipon presentation of his credentials, shall have a right

upon and through the Company's manufacturing facility;

ng equipment or method required to be kept under this

sample any dis9harge by the Company. This paragraph

shall not hS construed in derogation of any authority of the Regional

Administrater or his authorized representative pursuant to any other

provision of lav/ and regulations.

X

Or| and after August 15, 1977, all discharges by the Company

to the City of Elyria sewerage system shall meet the requirements

of the City of Elyria's Ordinance No. 73-18 as presently in force

or as hereafter amended or superseded and pretreatment standards

promulgated pursuant to Section 307(b) of the Federal Water Pollution i

Control Act, as Amended (33 U.S.C. § 1317(b)). "

XI

All sampling and analyses shall be performed according to

either Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes, April 1971,

Environmental Protection Agency, Water Quality Office, Analytical

Quality Control Laboratory, 1014 Broadway, Cincinnati, Ohio,

45202, or to the Standard Methods for the Analysis of Water and

Wastev;atcr, 13th Edition, 1971, American Public Health Association,

New York, New York 10019, or subsequent revisions thereof.

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XII.

Should the Company be delayed in, the commencement

or completion of the construction of any of the waste treat­

ment facilities to comply with the provisions of this Decree,

without fault of the.Company, and by circumstances beyond its

control, the Company may apply to this Court and upon a

satisfactory showing, the time fixed for completion may be

extended by this Court for a period equivalent to the time

lost by reason for such delay.

XIII

The Company shall make no discharge or deposit of

sludge or other byproducts of waste treatment facilities from

its Elyria facility into the Black River but shall dispose of

such materials in such a place and manner that neither the

materials nbr any runoff therefrom will enter the Black River.

XIV "

This Decree is not and shall not be construed to be

a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit. This

Decree shall in no way relieve the Comoany of its obligation to

comply with any other local, State or Federal requirements in

any way related to the subject matter of this Decree, nor au­

thorize any other discharge from the Company prohibited by law,

including without limitation the provisions of the Federal

Water Pollution Control Act as it may be amended from time to time

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XV

The provisions of the Decree shall apply to and be

binding upon tte parties to. this action, their officers, agents,

servants, employees, successors and assigns, and upon all those

in active concert or participation with them who receive actual

Notice of this Decree by personal service or otherwise.

XVI

Either party may apply for cause (including but not

limited to changes in any regulatory standards and/or limitations

which would apply but for this Decree) to this Court for further

orders and directions as may be appropriate.

XVII

This Decree shall remain effective and in full force only

until 180 (one hundred eighty) days from the date on which all ac­

tions required in paragraph VII ^.e achieved.

United States District Judge

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APPROVED AN^ CONSENTED TO:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff

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THE HARSHAW CHEMICAL COMPANY,

Defendant

Frederick M. Coleman United States Attorney Northern District of Ohio

4' U'lr^^i-C^.ryL^^ oseRJn A. CipolZane s s i ^ t a n t Un i t ed / s t a t e s Attorney orthern Distriot of Ohio

Eben ^ Cockley / Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue 1700 Union Commerce Building Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Attorney for Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT C0L/;<T'"''"•• • FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO ^^^'

EASTERN DIVISION L L A I ' I ' D

CASE NO. C72-214

UTJITED ST/fTES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff

v

HARSHAW CH :MICAL COMPANY,

Defendant

behalf of

by Federic

THE HON. W. K. THOMAS

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MOTION TO DISMISS REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND ORDER HOLDING RESPONDENT IN CONTEMPT FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CONSENT DECREE

Plaintiff, the United States of America, for and on

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,

1 M. Coleman, United States Attorney for the Northern

Dis trict ojr

Attorney,

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or may her

Ohio, by Joseph A. Cipollone, Assistant United States

and Defendant, The Harshaw Chemical Company do hereby

stipulate ind agree as follows:

1. That Defendant will pay to Plaintiff the sum of

Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred ($17,500) Dollars in full and

sttlement of any and all claims Plaintiff may now have

rafter claim to have, arising out of or connected with

the Consent Decree in this case filed on February 27, 1974, includ­

ing those claims set forth in Plaintiff's Motion, filed on August

30, 19 76, for Entry of an Order to Show Cause and Order holding

rj-cfcndant in.Contempt for Failure to Comply with the Consent

t>*creo, and the documents attached thereto.

2. Plaintiff v/ill dismiss with prejudice its motion,

•> >'l O'A August 30, 197C, for Entry of an Order to Show Cause

• '-f' -r holding Defendant in Contempt for Failure to c o m p l y

oriiWMit; D o c r e o ,

3.\ Th parties will execute tho dified Consent 1

Decree attached hereto as Exhibit A, and will seek the Court's

approval of said Modified Consent Decree in accordance with

the rules of the Court simultaneously with this Settlement

Agreement. i

4. This Settlement Agreement is contingent upon

the Court's approval of Exhibit A and shall become effective on

the date the Court signs Exhibit A.

5. This Settlement Agreement shall not preclude

Plaintiff from taking appropriate legal action against Defendant

for any violations of 33 U.S.C. 1251 arising after the effective

date hereof or any future violations of Exhibit A.

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United States District Judge

APPROVED AND CONSENTED TO:

The United States of America,

Plaintiff

Frederick M. Coleman United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division

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Lseisiylnt United / Stiates At torney N o r t h e r n D i s t r i c t ^f Ohio, E a s t e r n D iv i s ion \ J

Tho IUr.shaw Chemical Company

Defendant

•' K ' r * ' »(,• Eboi\ H. Cockloy-' 1700 Union ComiTierce Building Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Attorney for Defendant

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