EPA v. ALERIS INTERNATIONAL (NATIONAL CASE)

Case summary

This Consent Decree involves the following facilities: IMCO Recycling of Illinois Inc., Chicago Heights, IL; IMCO Recycling of Ohio Inc., Uhrichsville, OH; Commonwealth Aluminum Concast, Uhrichsville, OH; Alumitech of Wabash, Wabash, IN; Alchem Aluminum Inc., Saginaw, MI; Alchem Aluminum Inc., Coldwater, MI; IMCO Recycling of Michigan LLC, Coldwater, MI. Aleris International is the parent company to all of the above listed facilities. All the listed facilities are subject to 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart RRR (Secondary Aluminum NESHAP). On December 22, 2005 an information request was sent to Aleris pertaining to its 7 facilities in Region 5. Aleris submitted its response to the information request on February 6, 2006. Aleris approached EPA to discuss a global settlement of its facilities nationwide and met with EPA on March 8-9, 2006. The violations that were found include the failure to design and install adequate capture and collection systems, to demonstrate compliance with applicable emission standards through adequate performance testing, to correctly establish and monitor operating parameters, and to comply with recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Aleris agreed to upgrade existing capture and collection systems on its furnaces, retest each facility, install load cells to more accurately weigh flux at seven continuous flux-fed reverberatory furnaces, apply for a Title V permit for the Chicago Heights facility and pay a penalty of $4,600,000.

Defendants (1)

• ALERIS INTERNATIONALNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (10)

• REAL ALLOY RECYCLING, LLC

  267 NORTH FILLMORE ROAD, COLDWATER, MI, 49036

  Registry ID: 110000409111

• COMMONWEALTH ALUMINUM

  7319 NEWPORT ROAD, SE, UHRICHSVILLE, OH, 44683

  Registry ID: 110000390871

• REAL ALLOY RECYCLING LLC

  305 DIMENSION AVE, WABASH, IN, 46992-4131

  Registry ID: 110007362932

• ALUMITECH OF WABASH, INC.

  S.R. 15 / DIMENSION AVE, WABASH, IN, 46992

  Registry ID: 110007362932

• REAL ALLOY SPECIFICATION, LLC

  2600 NODULAR DR, SAGINAW, MI, 48601

  Registry ID: 110008058305

• IMCO RECYCLING OF OHIO, INC.

  7335 NEWPORT ROAD, SE, UHRICHSVILLE, OH, 44683

  Registry ID: 110000390862

• REAL ALLOY RECYCLING, LLC

  267 NORTH FILLMORE ROAD, COLDWATER, MI, 49036

  Registry ID: 110000409111

• REAL ALLOY RECYCLING LLC

  400 E LINCOLN HWY, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL, 60411-2973

  Registry ID: 110000432309

• ALERIS SPECIFICATION ALLOYS, INC.

  267 NORTH FILLMORE ROAD, COLDWATER, MI, 49036-9784

  Registry ID: 110000409111

• ALERIS SPECIFICATION ALLOYS, INC.

  267 NORTH FILLMORE ROAD, COLDWATER, MI, 49036-9784

  Registry ID: 110000409111

Statutes cited

• CAA 112D — MACT Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ALERIS INTERNATIONAL (NATIONAL CASE)entered 2009-10-22

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $766,667 · State/local: $835,057

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 2006-06-01Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2006-06-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2009-08-04Complaint Filed With Court
• 2009-08-04Final Order Lodged
• 2009-10-22Final Order Entered
• 2013-11-19Enforcement Action Closed
• 2013-11-19Air Resolved