# JOHN PAULE METAL RECYCLING
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2014 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3400240515`
- **Case Number:** 05-2014-5025
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- JOHN PAULE METAL RECYCLING (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

U.S. EPA Region 5 issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to John Paule Metal Recycling - Alorton (JPMR-A) to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA).  EPA alleged that Metro accepted for recycling small appliances, such as refrigerators and room air conditioners, that contained or once contained ozone-depleting refrigerants, without either recovering the refrigerant from the appliances or verifying that the refrigerant had been properly recovered prior to sale to JPMR-A, in violation of regulations found at 40 CFR 82.156. EPA issued a Finding of Violation to JPMR-A on March 1, 2013. The CAFO requires JPMR-A to pay a penalty of $14,871.

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