# TNT GENERAL CONTRACTING, INC; WEBB MINERALS, LLC AND TRUMP TRUST
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2012 · — · Withdrawn by Region/State
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3000030921`
- **Case Number:** 07-2012-0168
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Withdrawn by Region/State
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- GARY AND CAROL TRUMP TRUST (complaint)
- TNT GENERAL CONTRACTING, INC (complaint)
- WEBB MINERALS, LLC (complaint)
## Summary

ON JUNE 19, 2012, EPA REGION 7 FILED A COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING AGAINST TNT GENERAL CONTRACTING (TNT), WEBB MINERALS, LLC (WEBB) AND THE GARY AND CAROL TRUMP TRUST (THE TRUST) FOR VIOLATIONS OF RCRA AND THE CLEAN WATER ACT FOR VIOLATIONS AT THE TNT FACILITY IN KAHOKA, MISSOURI. 
TNT FORMULATED ZINC FERTILIZER USING SECONDARY ZINC-BEARING MATERIALS FROM VARIOUS PLATING COMPANIES, GALVANIZING COMPANIES, AND OTHER SOURCES. WEBB WAS A CO-OPERATOR OF THE FACILITY, PROCURING THE MATERIALS AND DIRECTING MIXING OPERATIONS AT THE TNT FACILITY.  THE TRUST IS THE OWNER OF THE FACILITY.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, EPA PASSED ZINC FERTILIZER REGULATIONS (RCRA), WHICH ALLOW THE USE OF ZINC-BEARING SECONDARY MATERIALS IN MAKING FERTILIZER, PROVIDED CERTAIN WORK PRACTICES AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE FOLLOWED AND NOTIFICATION PROVISIONS ARE FOLLOWED. THE STATE OF MISSOURI ADOPTED THESE REGULATIONS; HOWEVER, TNT/WEBB WAS NOT COMPLYING WITH ANY THE WORK PRACTICES OR NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, AND AS A RESULT, A LARGE AREA AT THE FACILITY WAS CONTAMINATED WITH LEAD, ZINC, CADMIUM, COPPER, AND HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM, WHICH ALSO WASHED OFF INTO A NEARBY RETENTION POND AND INTO A CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH THE FACILITY. SOIL AND WATER SAMPLES SHOWED SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF 
IN SEPTEMBER, 2010, EPA ISSUED A UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER UNDER SECTION 7003 OF RCRA AND SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ORDERING THE PARTIES TO CEASE OPERATIONS, PERFORM AN INVESTIGATION AND 

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