EPA v. MASTER METALS, INC.

Case summary

MASTER METALS VIOLATED THE 1990 CD FROM JANUARY TO JULY 1990, LEADING TO IMPOSITION OF STIPULATED PENALTIES OF $1.6 MILLION. MASTER METALS FILED A DISPUTE WITH FEDERAL COURT. FACILITY STOPPED OPERATION 8/5/93, AND MET WITH EPA AND STATE. EPA OFFERED TO FILE A STIPULATION AGREEMENT THAT MASTER METALS WILL NOT REOPEN THE FACILITY, WILL RETURN ALL PERMITS (RCRA, CAA, CWA AND BUSINESS), AND PROVIDE GENERATOR INFO TO EPA. CASE WILL PROBABLY BE SENT TO SUPERFUND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WITH THE GOAL OF RECOVERING SOME COSTS FROM MASTER METALS AND SOME FROM THE GENERATORS. ON 3/31/94 CASE WAS REFERRED; FILING OF CIVIL CONTEMPT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE DONE; BUT STIPULATION PROBABLY WILL. PURSUANT TO THE EPA DEFERRAL POLICY, THE RCRA MATTER WAS CLOSED AND A CERCLA MATTER WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY INITIATED 3-31-94 CLOSED 3-31-94

Defendants (1)

• MASTER METALS, INC.

Facilities (1)

• MASTER METALS INCORPORATED

  2850 W 3RD ST, CLEVELAND, OH, 44113

  Registry ID: 110000701624

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3008A — Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1990-06-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1994-03-31Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1994-03-31Complaint Filed With Court
• 1994-03-31Concluded
• 1994-03-31Enforcement Action Closed