# AMERICAN BRASS, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20291`
- **Case Number:** 04-1987-0028
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $242K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMERICAN BRASS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

AMERICAN BRASS, INC. OWNS AND OPERATES A BRASS FOUNDRY IN  HEADLAND, AL.  THE COMPANY GENERATES FURNACE SLAG WHICH      EXHIBITS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF EP TOXICITY FOR LEAD AND      CADMIUM.  IN THE COURSE OF ITS OPERATIONS, ABI MANAGES A     FURNACE SLAG PILE IN A MANNER THAT CONSTITUTES DISPOSAL.     THE FACILITY ALSO GENERATES CRUSHED SLAG AND ZINC OXIDE BAG- HOUSE DUST IS MANUALLY TRANSPORTED ACROSS THE SITE IN A      MANNER THAT CAUSES SPILLAGE ON THE GROUND, CONSTITUTING      DISPOSAL.  THE CRUSHED SLAG AND ZINC OXIDE BAGHOUSE DUST ARE STORED AT THE SITE PRIOR TO BEING SOLD TO A FERTILIZER MAN-  UFACTURER.

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