# FEED MATERIALS PRODUCTION CENTER, FERNALD, OHIO
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30501`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0598
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $100K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION FOR STIPULATED PENALTIES UNDER PRE-    VIOUS FEDERAL FACILITIES AGREEMENT.  PENALTY OF $100,000     PLUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS TOTALLING $1.1 MILLION:          ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND PROTECTION: $500,000; AND      RECYCLING OF STRUCTURAL STEEL AND RAIL TRACK THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN DISPOSED OF IN THE ON-SITE FACILITY.  ENVIRON MENTAL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION INCLUDES: ESTABLISHMENT    OF AN ON-SITE WILD BIRD SANCTUARY; FUNDING RESEARCH AND      DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITIES FOR RE-ESTABLISHING NATIVE          LANDSCAPE AFTER REMEDIATION IS COMPLETED; AND ESTABLISHMENT  OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT IN THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE       SITE.                                                        SITE DESCRIPTION:  THE PLANT IS OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND  HAS BEEN OPERATED BY NATIONAL LEAD, A CONTRACTOR. U.S. EPA   HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE MANY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AT THE SITE INCLUDING RADIOACTIVE GROUNDWATER AND SOIL CONTAMI- NATION.

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