EPA v. ALLIED RECYCLING - ARCADIA YARD - COE for ODS ACO

Case summary

This Administrative Consent Order (ACO) for Allied Recycling, Inc., Arcadia, Florida addresses violations of the Protection of Stratospheric Ozone regulations found at 40 C.F.R. Part 82, Subpart F. Allied Recycling, Inc. failed to reduce emissions of ozone depleting substances and their substitutes. Specifically, Allied failed to recover refrigerants or verify that refrigerants were properly recovered from small appliances and motor vehicle air conditioners (MVACs) that it accepted for recycling at its facility in Arcadia, Florida. We discovered these violations through an inspection of the facility on March 5, 2019. This ACO requires Allied or its assignee or successor to purchase refrigerant recovery equipment for small appliances. It also requires Allied or its assignee or successor to use a verification statement to verify proper recovery of small appliances and MVACs when accepting such appliances containing no refrigerant during one-off transactions. Commercial suppliers are required to have contracts with the scrap yard to ensure proper recovery without the use of the one-off verification statements. Allied or its assignee or successor is required to update all signage to state what is acceptable material and develop robust training for the refrigerant recovery procedures. The ACO addresses the violations set forth in the FOV issued to Allied on March 23, 2021, and again on April 29, 2021, when the first sending elicited no response from the company. There are Environmental Justice (EJ) concerns associated with this action. ECHO shows 2 EJ indices above the 80th percentile based on the Census Block Group ? US.

Defendants (1)

• ALLIED RECYCLINGNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ALLIED RECYCLING - ARCADIA YARD

  2347 SW HWY 17, ARCADIA, FL, 34266

  Registry ID: 110045509133

Statutes cited

• CAA 608 — National Recycling & Emission Reduction Program

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ALLIED RECYCLING - ARCADIA YARD - COE for ODS ACOentered 2023-02-16

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2023-02-16Final Order Issued
• 2023-02-21Enforcement Action Data Entered