# CHEMETCO, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28117`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0295
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHEMETCO, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CHEMETCO, INC. HAS BEEN UNDER A CONSENT AGREEMENT WITH   THE STATE OF ILLINOIS SINCE 1988 REGARDING VARIOUS           VIOLATIONS OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES AT ITS        HARTFORD, ILLINOIS SECONDARY COPPER SMELTER.  CHEMTCO HAS    VIOLATED THE STATE AGREEMENT AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE STATE'S PRACTICE IS TO CONTINUALLY EXTEND COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES AND   THEREFORE CAA VIOLATIONS PERSIT TO DATE.  THE MOST SEVERE    VIOLATIONS ARE EXCEEDANCES OF THE LEAD NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR  QUALITY STANDARD, VIOLATIONS WHICH REPRESENT SERIOUS HEALTH  RISKS TO THE PUBLIC AND THE ENVRIONMENT.  THE OTHER          VIOLATIONS ARE FAILURE TO OBTAIN OPERATING PERMITS FOR 4     FURNACES AND VIOLATION AT SEVERAL FURNACES OF THE            PARTICULATE MATTER LIMIT CONTAINED IN THE SIP.  ALL 3        VIOLATIONS ARE DOCUMENTED IN REGION V'S 4/28/92 NOV TO       CHEMETCO.  AT THE SECTION 113 CONFERENCE, USEPA TOLD         CHEMETCO IT BELIEVED THAT THE STATE AGREEMENT WAS IN THE     LONG-RUN INADEQUATE TO RESOLVE THE CAA VIOLATIONS AND THAT   THE $50,000 PENALTY IT PAID TO THE STATE WAS INADEQUATE.         A CIVIL ACTION IS PRIMARILY NECESSARY IN THIS CASE TO    SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVRIONMENT AGAINST      EXCEEDANCES OF THE LEAD HEALTH STANDARD IN MADISON COUNTY,   ILLINOIS CAUSED BY EMISSIONS FROM CHEMETCO. RESIDENCES ARE   LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FACILITY.                  BEGINING IN 1982 AND CONTINUING THROUGH TO 1994 RESPONDENT   ADDED SOLID WASTE, ROCK, SAND, DIRT, AND

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