EPA v. ECONOMY PLATING SITE
Final Order No Penalty
Compliance action
$266,000
Case summary
THE SITE WAS REFERRED TO U.S. EPA BY THE TOXIC SWEEP TASK FORCE. ON MAY 26, 1998, U.S. EPA CONDUCTED SITE VISIT AND CONDUCTED SAMPLING ACTIVITY AT THE SITE. NUMEROUS DRUMS OF OILS AND OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE NOTICED AT THE SITE. THREE OF THE PLATING LINES CONTAINING SLUDGES OR LIQUIDS INCLUDING ACIDIC LIQUIDS CONTAINING SEVERAL POLY- TANKS WERE FOUND AT THE SITE. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES PRESENT AT SITE. POTENTIAL FOR RELEASE INTO ENVIRONMENT EXISTS. PRPS PERFORMING CLEANUP WORK AT SITE (TIME-CRITICAL REMOVAL ACTION) UNDER SECTION 122.
Defendants (1)
- ECONOMY PLATING SITENamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
ECONOMY PLATING COMPANY INCORPORATED
1394 EAST 34TH ST, CLEVELAND, OH, 441140000
Registry ID: 110000893392
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 106 — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ECONOMY PLATING SITEentered 1999-01-25
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (2 milestones)
- 1998-06-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1999-01-25Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 30819
- Case number
- 05-1998-0165
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- MMBI
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1998-0165 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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