# GASTON COPPER RECYCLING CORP.
> **Judicial** · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `24685`
- **Case Number:** 04-2001-9050
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GASTON COPPER RECYCLING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

GASTON COPPER RECYCLING CORPORATION (GCRC) RELEASED          ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION TO THE FLOOR OF THE TANK HOUSE.        THIS RESULTED IN THREE RCRA VIOLATIONS:  (1) ILLEGAL         DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE; (2) FAILING TO COMPLY           WITH LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTION REQUIREMENTS, AND (3)         FAILING TO OPERATE THE FACILITY TO MINIMIZE THE              POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE, EXPLOSION, OR ANY UNPLANNED           SUDDEN OR NON-SUDDEN RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE OR           HAZARDOUS CONSTITUENTS TO AIR, SOIL, OR SURFACE              WATER WHICH COULD THREATEN HUMAN HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT.  THE RELEASE HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE ONLY REMAINING          ISSUE IS THE AMOUNT OF THE CIVIL PENALTY.  USING THE         1990 RCRA CIVIL PENALTY POLICY, EPA CALCULATED A             PENALTY FOR THE 3 VIOLATIONS OF $657,944.  GCRC OFFERED      $700,000.  SINCE THE $700,000 WAS ABOVE THE AMOUNT           EPA CALCULATED AS ITS BOTTOM LINE PURSUANT TO THE            PENALTY POLICY, EPA AGREED TO ACCEPT THE $700,000.  THERE    IS A RCRA 3008(H) ORDER IN EFFECT FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION      AT THE SITE.  EPA AGREED AS PART OF THE SETTLEMENT           OFFER TO ROLL OVER CLEANUP OF THE TANK HOUSE INTO THE        ORDER.  A STIPULATION AND SETTLEMENT WILL BE SIGNED          BY THE PARTIES TO SETTLE THIS MATTER.  THIS WILL ENABLE      THE AGENCY TO OBTAIN A LARGE CIVIL PENALTY ($700,000)        AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN INJUNCTIVE           RELIEF UNDER THE RCRA 3008(H) ORDER 

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