CWA-09-2026-0063: Trivium Packaging, Sparks, Nevada
Expedited Settlement Agreement in the matter of Trivium Packaging, Sparks, NV. Docket Number: CWA-09-2026-0063.
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In the Matter of Trivium Packaging; CWA-09-2026-0063
Complainant: Roberto Rodriguez, Assistant Director, Water Branch, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.
Respondent: Trivium Packaging, 900 Waltham Way, Sparks, NV 89434.
Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent: Respondent manufactures metal packaging, i.e. metal cans. The facility receives uncoated flat steel sheets and pre-coated tin-plated steel sheets to make two types of can styles in various shapes.
Summary of Alleged Violations: Respondent is a categorical industrial user (CIU) under the CWA pretreatment regulations, specifically 40 CFR § 465.45 Subpart D – Coil Coating Can Making Subcategory. As required by 40 CFR § 403.6(b), a CIU must have equipment installed to treat process wastewater before discharging to the public sewer system. For the past five years, Respondent violated the effluent discharge limit for chromium seven times. As required by 40 CFR § 403.12(e), a CIU must submit periodic reports to demonstrate continued compliance. For the past five years, Respondent failed to submit complete reports five times. The effluent discharge limit violations and reporting violations constitute 12 violations of the CWA.
Proposed Penalty: $5,970