DEP Fines GKN Sinter Metals
The Department of Environmental Protection has fined GKN Sinter Metals Inc. $5,200 for illegally discharging oily wastewater from its powdered metal products manufacturing plant in Emporium in March 2008.
DEP staff first noticed the oily sheen at a stormwater drain along GKN’s parking lot that discharges to the Driftwood Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek.
In November 2008, GKN staff located the probable source of the problem as a leak of coolant and rust prevention chemicals from a machine in its plant.
The company must now begin a study to characterize the contamination on its property and clean it up properly so that it meets standards established in the Land Recycling Program, which encourages the voluntary cleanup of contaminated industrial sites.
The fine was paid to the Clean Water Fund, which is used to help pay for cleanups across the state.
DEP staff first noticed the oily sheen at a stormwater drain along GKN’s parking lot that discharges to the Driftwood Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek.
In November 2008, GKN staff located the probable source of the problem as a leak of coolant and rust prevention chemicals from a machine in its plant.
The company must now begin a study to characterize the contamination on its property and clean it up properly so that it meets standards established in the Land Recycling Program, which encourages the voluntary cleanup of contaminated industrial sites.
The fine was paid to the Clean Water Fund, which is used to help pay for cleanups across the state.
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