# AMERICAN BRASS INC
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Dismissed By Tribunal
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20718`
- **Case Number:** 04-1991-0042
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Dismissed By Tribunal
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMERICAN BRASS INC. (complaint)
## Summary

AMERICAN BRASS, INC. (ABI) IS A SECONDARY BRASS SMELTER      LOCATED IN HEADLAND, AL, 15 MILES NORTH OF DOTHAN.           ON JUNE 8, 1989 A CONSENT DECREE WAS ENTERED IN THIS CIVIL   ACTION. THIS CONSENT DECREE, EFFECTIVE JULY 8, 1989 INVOLVED THREE PRIMARY AREAS:                                         1) THE SLAG PILE AT ABI'S FACILITY WAS REQUIRED TO BE CLOSED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1989 PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A    CLOSURE PLAN ATTACHED TO THE CONSENT DECREE;                 2) NEWLY GENERATED SLAG WAS PROHIBITED FROM PLACEMENT ONTO   THE LAND; AND                                                3) BAGHOUSE DUST WOULD BE PROPERLY MANAGED.                  AS OF A RECENT JUNE 12, 1991 ADEM AND EPA INSPECTION OF THE  ABI FACILITY, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLOSURE PLAN HAD NOT   BEEN COMPLETED.

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