EPA v. COHEN RECYCLING- COE ACO (8 facilities)

Case summary

U.S. EPA Region 5 issued an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) to Cohen Brothers, Inc. (Cohen) to address violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA). On June 28, 2019, EPA issued to Cohen a Finding of Violation (FOV) pertaining to eight of its scrap metal recycling facilities in the Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio areas. The FOV alleged that Cohen accepted for recycling motor vehicles and small appliances such as refrigerators and room air conditioners that contained or once contained ozone-depleting and substitute refrigerants without either recovering the refrigerant from the items or verifying that the refrigerant had been properly recovered prior to delivery to Cohen, in violation of regulations found at 40 CFR 82.155. The ACO requires Cohen to develop a refrigerant management plan which will include proper refrigerant recovery from intact appliances and motor vehicles, verification of proper refrigerant recovery from such items that arrive at Cohen's facility empty of refrigerant, notification to customers about proper refrigerant recovery, and documentation of compliance. Cohen's refrigerant recovery program is estimated to recover approximately 120 lbs of ozone-depleting and substitute refrigerants per year per participating facility.

Defendants (1)

• COHEN BROTHERS RECYCLINGNamed in settlement

Facilities (9)

• WALTON RECYCLING INC

  13229 DIXIE HWY, WALTON, KY, 41094

  Registry ID: 110056983616

• COHEN BROTHERS - VALLEY STREET CAR CRUSHING

  1787 VALLEY STREET, DAYTON, OH, 45404

  Registry ID: 110037436806

• COHEN BROTHERS WEST CARROLLTON

  5101 FARMERSVILLE-WEST CARROLLTON RD, MIAMISBURG, OH, 45342

  Registry ID: 110004616050

• KING RECYCLING COHEN BROTHERS

  5038 BEECH ST, CINCINNATI, OH, 45212

  Registry ID: 110070526470

• COHEN RECYCLING - MOSKOWITZ BROTHERS INC

  5300 VINE ST, CINCINNATI, OH, 45217

  Registry ID: 110010623218

• COHEN BROTHERS INC - CINCINNATI

  4538 KELLOGG AVE, CINCINNATI, OH, 45226

  Registry ID: 110070490712

• COHEN BROTHERS INC - HAMILTON

  105 BLACK ST, HAMILTON, OH, 45012

  Registry ID: 110070490705

• COHEN BROTHERS INC - SHARONVILLE

  12175 READING RD, SHARONVILLE, OH, 45241

  Registry ID: 110070490709

• WALTON RECYCLING INC

  13229 DIXIE HWY, WALTON, KY, 41094

  Registry ID: 110056983616

Statutes cited

• CAA 608 — National Recycling & Emission Reduction Program

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• COHEN RECYCLING- COE ACO (8 facilities)entered 2020-06-08

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2020-06-08Final Order Issued
• 2020-07-14Enforcement Action Data Entered