EPA v. WASTE MANAGEMENT OF WISCONSIN, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
WMWI owns and operates a solid waste landfill in Wisconsin that is the subject of this lodging. The Metro Recycling & Disposal Facility (Metro RDF) landfill is located in Franklin, Wisconsin. WMWI does not have a license to treat, store or dispose of hazardous waste at the Metro RDF landfill. From at least March 2005 to November 2009, WMWI accepted untreated hazardous electric arc furnace (EAF) dust from Maynard Steel Casting Company (Maynard Steel) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for disposal at Metro RDF. Analytical results of samples collected by EPA and Maynard Steel show that the dust from the EAFs exhibits the characteristic of toxicity for chromium. The levels of chromium in Maynard Steel's EAF dust are typically five times or more than the regulatory level for chromium. Based on the sampling results and responses to EPA information requests provided by WMWI and Maynard Steel, EPA has found that WMWI is in violation of various requirements of the RCRA and its implementing regulations at the Metro RDF landfill. WMWI has agreed to sample leachate and groundwater around that portion of the landfill where the EAF dust was placed and submit the results to EPA.
Defendants (2)
- Waste Management of WI, ( Orchard Ridge RDF)
- Waste Management of WI, (Metro RDF)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
ORCHARD RIDGE RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL FAC
W124 N9355 BOUNDARY ROAD, MENOMONEE FALLS, WI, 53051
Registry ID: 110054281923
WMWI - METRO RECYCLING & DISPOSAL - LANDFILL
10712 S 124TH ST, FRANKLIN, WI, 53132
Registry ID: 110000620766
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF WISCONSIN, INC.entered 2020-09-11
Primary law: RCRA
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 2014-04-24Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 2014-04-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2020-07-01Final Order Lodged
- 2020-07-01Complaint Filed With Court
- 2020-09-11Final Order Entered
- 2023-06-02Enforcement Action Closed
- 2023-06-02Concluded
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400234716
- Case number
- 05-2014-9907
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 05
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-2014-9907 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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