According to a press release from the U.S. Environmental Protecting Agency, Metalworking Lubricants Co. will pay the United States and the state of Indiana a $155,000 penalty each.
The pollutants include naphthalene, ethylbenzene, xylene, phenol and toluene, which, according to the release, violated its permit. Metalworks Lubricants will also install a carbon adsorption system to control organic compound and hazardous air pollutant emissions, connect all oil and wastewater processing tanks to the system and scrubber, meet certain testing, monitoring and recordkeeping requirements and keep its emissions less than 25 tons per year, according to the release.
Just a slap on the wrist.
their annual revenue was $50-$100 million last year. $155 grand is just the cost of doing business. the EPA is a largely neutered watchdog.