EPA v. MASON CORP

Case summary

Mason Corporation is located in Schererville, Lake County, Indiana. The Facility is in a commercial, industrial, and residential area. The Facility has been active since 1949 and reclaims tin from spent solvents, acids, plating baths, and sludges from various industrial processes. Tin-based chemicals have also been manufactured since the 1970s. The Facility property covers approximately seven acres and includes several office, laboratory, manufacturing, and storage and processing buildings; a truck unloading dock; six former settling ponds; aboveground storage tanks; and a product container storage area. An Administrative Order on Consent was served to the facility on June 7, 2005, which requires site-wide corrective action for all Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs). Mason Corporation is a RCRA regulated facility with interim status for a series of six surface impoundments. The primary contamination of concern is metals, in particular chromium and lead.

Defendants (1)

• MASON CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MASON CORPORATION

  1049 US HIGHWAY 41, SCHERERVILLE, IN, 46375-0038

  Registry ID: 110072214575

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3008H — Interim Status Corrective Action Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MASON CORPentered 2005-06-07

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2005-06-07Final Order Issued
• 2005-06-08Enforcement Action Data Entered