# A-1 PRECIOUS METAL PLATING
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1512`
- **Case Number:** 01-2001-0058
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $682K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- A-1 PRECIOUS METAL PLATING (settlement)
## Summary

IN 1998 EPA'S RCRA PROGRAM OBSERVED MULTIPLE RCRA          VIOLATIONS. EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO A-1 IN     1999. A-1 WAS UNABLE TO PAY A PENALTY, AND CAME INTO         COMPLIANCE ONLY AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS. ON AUGUST 17, 2000,    EPA BECAME AWARE THAT THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN SEIZED FOR       NON-PAYMENT OF RENT. ON AUGUST 30, 2000 ON-SCENE COORDINATOR (OSC) MARY ELLEN STANTON CONDUCTED A SITE INVESTIGATION. SHE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 100 55 GALLON AND 600 SMALL           CONTAINERS, INCLUDING ONE CONTAINER OBSERVED TO BE LEAKING.  INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS WERE STORED TOGETHER. THE CHEMICALS   WERE HIGHLY TOXIC AND REACTIVE. CYANIDEIS PRESENT IN THE AIR MIXING COULD CAUSE FIRE AND RELEASE TOXIC FUMES.                BY WAY OF A UAO, EPA IS TAKING STEPS TO HAVE THE PRP,     SIXTH AVENUE REALTY TRUST CONDUCT THIS TIME-CRITICAL         REMOVAL ACTION. THE ORDER WAS ISSUED ON MAY 15, 2001         PURSUANT TO SECTION 106A OF CERCLA. THE ORDER'S SCOPE OF     WORK INCLUDES SECURING THE SITE FROM TRESPASSERS, THE        IDENTIFICATION OF CHEMICALS IN DRUMS, TANKS AND CONTAINERS   ON SITE, AND THE REMOVAL OF DRUMS AND CONTAINERS AND THEIR   CONTENTS.  COUNSEL FOR SIXTH AVENUE REALTY TRUST HAS STATED  THAT THE TRUST WISHES TO PERFORM THE REMOVAL ACTION.           THE FACILITY IS NO LONGER IN OPERATION. A-1 HAS FILED FOR  CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY. DEADLINE FOR GOVERNMENTAL UNITS TO    FILE IS OCTOBER 1, 2001.

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