# COPPERWELD STEEL COMPANY (BNK)
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28774`
- **Case Number:** 05-1994-0096
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COPPERWELD STEEL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

COPPERWELD GENERATES FURNACE DUST, A HAZARDOUS WASTE, WHICH  IS                                                           LANDFILLED ON SITE.  IN 1986, A COMPLAINT WAS FILED IN THE   U.S. DISTRICT                                                COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, AGAINST COPPERWELD FOR     FAILURE TO                                                   ACHIEVE INTERIM STATUS OR OBTAIN A RCRA PERMIT FOR CERTAIN   LANDFILL                                                     AREAS ON SITE.  COPPERWELD WAS ALSO CITED FOR FAILURE TO     COMPLY WITH                                                  VARIOUS RCRA INTERIM STATUS REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ITS    EAF LANDFILL.                                                A CONSENT DECREE WAS ENTERED INTO WITH COPPERWELD ON MAY 24, 1990.                                                        COPPERWELD HAS SINCE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF PERFORMING       NUMEROUS                                                     COMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE,        INCLUDING CLOSURE                                            AND POST-CLOSURE CARE OF LANDFILLS.                          ON NOVEMBER 22, 1993, COPPERWELD FILED A PETITION FOR        BANKRUPTCY.                                                  COPPERWELD IS PRESENTLY VIOLATING FINANCIAL ASSURANCE        REQUIREMENTS FOR                                             POST-CLOSURE CARE.  THIS REFERRAL WAS MADE REQUESTING A      PROOF OF CLAIM                      

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