# RESEARCH ALLOYS COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2011 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `2600055272`
- **Case Number:** 05-2011-5030
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- RESEARCH ALLOYS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

U.S. EPA Region 5 issued an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) to Research Alloys Company (Research Alloys) to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA).  EPA alleged that Research Alloys accepted for recycling small appliances, such as refrigerators and room air conditioners, that contained or once contained ozone-depleting refrigerants, without either recovering the refrigerant from the appliances or verifying that the refrigerant had been properly recovered prior to sale to Research Alloys, in violation of regulations found at 40 CFR 82.156. The ACO requires Research Alloys to obtain refrigerant recovery equipment and to properly recover the refrigerant from appliances it accepts for scrap recycling at its Columbus, Ohio facility. Research Alloys's refrigerant recovery program is estimated to recover a minimum of 120 lbs of ozone-depleting refrigerants per year. Since the refrigerants used in small appliances  also are potent global-warming gases, these resolutions will, in addition to protecting the ozone layer, have the added benefit of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases equivalent to removing approximately 60 SUVs from the road for a year.

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*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*