EPA v. A&E SALVAGE, INC. LOWLAND, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, INC.

Case summary

4/22/2009 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED. ORDER STATES: EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENTS, AS OWNER AND/OR OPERTORS OF THE FACILITY, ARE THE PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING THE ACTIONS ORDERED HEREIN, WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO ASCERTAIN THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE HAZARD TO HUMAN HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT. RESPONDENTS ARE HEREBY ORDERED, PURSUANT TO SECTION 3013(a)OF RCRA, 42 USC SECTION 6934(a), TO SUBMIT THEEE (3) COPIES OF A WRITTEN PROPOSAL TO EPA, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE ISSUEANCE OF THIS ORDER, FOR CARRYING OUT MONITORING, TESTING, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING TO ASCERTAIN THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE HAZARD POSED BY THE HAZARDOUS WASTES THAT ARE PRESENT AT OR THAT MAY HAVE BEN RELEASED FROM THE FACILITY. RESPONDENTS ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO IMPLEMENT SUCH WRITTEN PROPOSAL ONCE APPROVED, OR MODIFIED AND APPROVED, BY EPA.

Defendants (3)

• LOWLAND METAL PROCESSING, INC.
• LOWLAND INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, INC.
• A&E SALVAGE INC. (SB)Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• FORMER LIBERTY FIBERS CORPORATION

  4901 ENKA HIGHWAY, MORRISTOWN, TN, 37814

  Registry ID: 110032615579

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
• RCRA 3013 — Monitoring, Analysis, Testing

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• A&E SALVAGE, INC. LOWLAND, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, INC.entered 2009-04-22

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2009-04-22Final Order Issued
• 2009-06-25Enforcement Action Data Entered