The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5 has issued administrative consent orders to six companies in the Midwest, including five in Cleveland, and one in Milwaukee, Wis., over violations of federal regulations in regards to recovery refrigerants.
The companies have all agreed to comply with EPA regulations.
The six companies are the following: All City Recycling Inc., JBI Scrap Processors Inc., Brookside Auto Parts Inc., All Scrap Salvage Co. Inc., and Aetna Recycling, Cleveland; and Midwest Iron and Metal, Milwaukee.
EPA cited All City and JBI in June 2008, All Scrap in July and Brookside and Aetna in August 2008 for alleged violations of EPA regulations requiring recovery of ozone-depleting refrigerants from small appliances before they are recycled.
The EPA cited Midwest Iron in July, 2008, alleging the company was in violation of federal regulations because it did not recover refrigerant and did not obtain proper verification statements from suppliers of small appliances.