# GULF COAST LEAD
> **Judicial** · FY1980 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20126`
- **Case Number:** 04-1980-0029
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GULF COAST LEAD (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

GULF COAST LEAD, TAMPA, FL, FILED CASE, THE FACILITY IS A    SECONDARY SMELTER WHICH RECOVERS LEAD FROM OLD BATTERIES     & IS LOCATED ON APPROX 4 ACRES OF LAND IN TAMPA, FL. AS A    RESULT OF OPERATION, GRNDWTR ON & OFF-SITE HAS BEEN FOUND    TO CONTAIN ELEVATED CONCENTRAT'NS OF LEAD & GREATLY          LOWERED PH LEVELS (HIGHLY ACIDIC). ON OCT 9, 1980, A         COMPLAINT WAS FILED UNDER SEC 7003 OF RCRA AGAINST GCL       ALONG W/ A C.D.  PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE DECREE GCL     HAS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW BY EPA A REMEDIAL PLAN FOR          CONTAINING & ISOLATING THE CONTAMINAT'N ON-SITE. IN OUR      RESPONSE TO GCL WE HAVE RECENTLY INDICATED THAT THE PLAN     IS INCOMPLETE AS TO DEFINITIVE ENGINEERING DESIGNS FOR       OBTAINING CLN-UP AS WELL AS PROVIDING AN ADEQUATE            PERFORMANCE STANDARD.

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