# BIG RIVER ZINC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30744`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0073
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $25K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $7K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- BIG RIVER ZINC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

EPCRA COUNTS WERE DROPPED; SETTLEMENT FOR RCRA COUNTS ONLY.    ON OCTOBER 30, 1998, THE ACTING REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR     SIGNED A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT ORDER (CACO) WHICH    RESOLVES RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)       VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT FILED   ON DECEMBER 3, 1998.  VIOLATIONS CITED IN THE COMPLAINT      INCLUDED IMPROPER STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND MANIFEST    VIOLATIONS.  THE CACO REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT TO PAY A       PENALTY OF $25,406 AND CONDUCT A SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL  PROJECT (SEP) VALUED AT $185,562.  THE SEP WILL REDUCE THE   AMOUNT OF CADMIUM AND LEAD THE COMPANY DISPOSES THROUGH THE  PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A PERMANENT FIBERGLASS COVER    FOR A THICKENER TANK.  CURRENTLY, RESPONDENT USES TEMPORARY  STYROFOAM COVERS WHICH BECOME CONTAMINATED AND MUST BE       DISPOSED OF AS HAZARDOUS WASTE.

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