EPA v. AMERICAN RECOVERY COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$50,000
Case summary
HEAVY METALS RECOVERY FACILITY IN BALTIMORE, MD. NUMEROUS NPDES PERMIT LIMITATION VIOLATIONS, PRIMARILY FOR NICKEL, ZINC & CYANIDE FOR 1980 TO PRESENT. FACILITY SCEDULED FOR CLOSURE SUMMER OF 1985.
Defendants (1)
- AMERICAN RECOVERYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
AMERICAN RECOVERY COMPANY INCORPORATED
1901 BIRCH ST, BALTIMORE, MD, 21226-1410
Registry ID: 110000913254
Statutes cited
- CWA 402 — Clean Water Act
- CWA 309 — Violation of Existing AO
Enforcement conclusions (1)
AMERICAN RECOVERY COMPANY, INCentered 1985-10-21
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $50,000
Timeline (9 milestones)
- 1983-10-25Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1983-12-23Referred To Headquarters
- 1984-01-18Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1984-01-20Referred TO U.S. Attorney
- 1984-01-23Complaint Filed With Court
- 1985-10-21Final Order Lodged
- 1985-10-21Concluded
- 1985-10-21Final Order Entered
- 1985-12-18Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 9618
- Case number
- 03-1983-0016
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- EPA region
- 03
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Clean Water Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-1983-0016 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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