EPA v. MASTER METALS, INC., SUPERFUND SITE
Final Order No Penalty
Compliance action
$1,250,000
Case summary
PER 11/96 SITE ASSESSMENT REPORT: SITE IS ABANDONED LEAD MELTING FACILITY IN DETROIT. IN MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREA. CONSISTS OF LARGE OFFICE/WAREHOUSE BUILDING, LEAD SMELTING BUILDING, AND NUMEROUS SMALL BUILDINGS. OPERATED UNDER VARIOUS CORPORATE NAMES (MASTER METALS, NOBLE METAL, INDUSTRIAL SMELTING COMPANY;) GALENA INDUSTRIES) BETWEEN 1965-1983. NINE SAMPLES COLLECTED DURING 1996 SITE ASSESSMENT; NUMEROUS SAMPLES FOUND TO CONTAIN ELEVATED LEVELS OF METALS. ONE BULK SAMPLE HAD ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS.
Defendants (7)
- MASTER METALSNamed in settlement
- BOLTE, RONALD
- DEZURE, THOMAS
- FORD, ROBERT
- MARTIN, MARCUS.
- SCHIEMANN, DON
- SHANNON, DALE
Facilities (1)
MASTER METALS SITE
4700 E NEVADA, DETROIT, MI, 48234
Registry ID: 110003592764
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107 — Superfund
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MASTER METALS INC.entered 1998-06-26
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1997-08-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1998-06-26Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1998-06-26Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 30267
- Case number
- 05-1997-0315
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- MMBI
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Superfund
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1997-0315 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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