EPA Reaches Agreement With Ohio Company on Cleanup

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with M & M Drying Ltd. on alleged clean-air violations at the company's former aluminum recovery plant in Canton, Ohio. EPA assessed a $25,000 penalty, and the company agreed to do an environmental project costing $330,000.

Since the date of the alleged violations, M & M Drying has moved its plant to Minerva, Ohio.

"For its environmental project, M & M Drying will buy and clean up a parcel of land next to its current plant in Minerva that was formerly used and allegedly contaminated by another company," said Acting Regional Administrator Bharat Mathur.

The agreement resolves EPA allegations that M & M Drying failed to test for dioxins and furans at its thermal chip dryer. 

The regional EPA office also announced that it has cited Remelt Services Inc. for alleged clean-air violations at the company's aluminum recovery plant in Cleveland.

The EPA alleges that Remelt failed to test for dioxins and furans at its aluminum melting furnace and failed to notify EPA of its compliance status. In addition, EPA said the company failed to comply with planning and monitoring requirements.