# BOLIDEN METECH, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `182`
- **Case Number:** 01-1989-0019
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BOLIDEN-METECH, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BOLIDEN METECH, INC. IS A METAL RECOVERY COMPANY, WHICH      MAINTAINS A COMPUTER SHREDDING OPERATION AND A SHREDDED      METAL STORAGE YARD IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.  LABORATORY  ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES EPA COLLECTED FROM THE YARD HAS SHOWN    THE PRESENCE OF PCB'S IN QUANTITIES RANGING FROM FROM 10     PARTS PER MILLIAON ( PPM ) TO 1,600 PPM.  THE SHREDDED METAL IS STORED OUTDOORS IN LARGE, EXPOSED PILES LOCATED ON THE    BANKS OF THE PROVIDENCE RIVER.  EPA REGION I PROPOSES A      CIVIL ACTION INJUNCTIVE RELIEF WHICH WOULD SEEK COMPLIANCE   BY THE COMPANY WITH THE PCB REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER    TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT, 15 U.S.C. S2601, ET SEQ.,      PUB.L. 94-469, 90 STAT.2003, ET SEQ. (1976).  IT WOULD ASK   THE COURT TO ORDER THE COMPANY TO COVER AND CONTAIN THE      PCB'S AT THE SITE (WITH EPA OVERSIGHT) TO DETERMINE THE FULL EXTENT OF THE PCB CONTAMINATION.

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