# MC COOK LEAD SUPPLY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1986 · — · Dismissed By Tribunal
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26135`
- **Case Number:** 05-1986-0339
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Dismissed By Tribunal
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
## Summary

THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTION UNDER SECTION   3008 OF RCRA.  THE EPA ALLEGES THAT MC COOK LEAD SUPPLY,     INC. OPERATED A SECONDARY LEAD SMELTER IN VIOLATION OF A     NUMBER OF RCRA REGULATIONS.  THE AGENCY ALLEGES THAT MC COOK STORED LEAD FLUE DUST (K069) IN A WASTE PILE.  WE HAVE PRO-  POSED A PENALTY OF $62,750.  THE COMPANY ARGUES THAT THE     WASTE MATERIAL IS NOT A  SOLID WASTE  UNDER THE RCRA DEFINIT IINITION, AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE A HAZARDOUS WASTE UNDER    RCRA.  THE MAIN ISSUE SEEMS TO BE WHETHER MC COOK'S MATERIAL FALLS WITHIN ONE OF THE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE RCRA DEFINITION  OF SOLID WASTE.

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