Regional EPA Office Cites Two More Companies for Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has issued an administrative consent order to the scrap metal recycling firm Cleveland Corp., Zion, Ill., to comply with EPA regulations designed to protect the stratospheric ozone layer. 

Cleveland Corp. has agreed to recover ozone-depleting refrigerants from each appliance or motor vehicle air conditioner that it accepts or to verify that refrigerants have been recovered according to EPA regulations. The company will keep a log of the details of refrigerant recovery.

EPA cited Cleveland Corp. last November alleging the company was in violation of federal regulations because it did not recover refrigerants and did not obtain proper verification statements from suppliers of small appliances. 
The allegations resulted from a July 2008 EPA inspection and a subsequent information request.

The EPA’s Region 5 office also announced that it has issued an administrative consent order to Toy's Scrap and Salvage Corp. for their scrap metal recycling facility in Eau Claire, Wis.

Toy's has agreed to contract with third parties to properly recover any remaining ozone-depleting refrigerant from each small appliance and motor vehicle air conditioner it accepts or to verify that the refrigerant has been properly removed.  The company will keep a log of the details of refrigerant recovery.