# MADEWELL & MADEWELL
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34802`
- **Case Number:** 06-1989-0501
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $20K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MADEWELL & MADEWELL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BACKGROUND:                                                  *                                                            RESP CONDUCTS BUSINESS OF RECLAIMING LEAD PLATES AND PLAS-   TIC AND RUBBER COMPONENTS AT ITS FACILITY.                   *                                                            A CONSULTANT'S REPORT WAS ISSUED IN AUG 1980.                *                                                            THE FACILITY HAS AN IMPOUNDMENT WHERE IT NEUTRALIZES THE     ACID FROM THE BATTERY CRACKING OPERATION.                    *                                                            THE BATTERY CASES ARE TAKEN TO A WASTE PILE ON-SITE.         *                                                            LIMESTONE CHIPS USED TO NEUTRALIZE THE ACID IN THE TEH IM-   POUNDMENT IS STORED ON-SITE.                                 *                                                            RESPONDENT WAS INSPECTED BY THE STATE AND EPA ON APRIL 2,    1981, AND MAY 30, 1984.                                      *                                                            SOIL SAMPLES TAKEN AT VARIOUS POINTS AT THE FACILITY DURING  THE 1984 INSPECTION INDICATE CONTAMINATED SOIL ABOVE EP      TOXICITY LIMITS FOR LEAD INT HE USED LIMESTONE WASTE PILES   AT THE BATTERY WASTE PILE AREA.                              *                                                            WATER SAMPLES TAKEN DURING THE 1981 INSPECTION INDICATE      LEVELS OF CHROMIUM, ARSENIC, AND LEA

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