# BIG RIVER ZINC COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33029`
- **Case Number:** 05-2001-0391
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- Big River Zinc (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

Big River Zinc accepted secondary material which exhibited the characteristic for lead and cadmium.  The material was used to make a product that is placed on the land, and was therefore a hazardous waste.  BIg River Zinc does not have a hazardous waste permit for acceptance and storage of hazardous waste.

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*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*