# AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35288`
- **Case Number:** 06-1991-0107
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $20K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $65K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 3008 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY       ACT OF 1976 ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SEC. 6901 ET SEQ.         2. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.                                      3800 NORTH MINGO ROAD                                        TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74116                                     3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THREE COUNTS OF SUBTITLE C    OF RCRA BY 1) DISPOSING OF LIQUID HAZARDOUS WASTE CON-       TAINING CHROMIUM INTO ITS CLASS I WELL, 2) BY INJECTING      NON-EXEMPT U226 WASTE INTO ITS CLASS I WELL AND IMPERMIS-    SIBILY DILUTING THIS WASTE AS A FORM OF TREATMENT, AND 3)    BY DISPOSING OF PROHIBITED WASTE BY INJECTION VIA A CLASS    I WELL.                                                   4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, A COM-    LIANCE ORDER IS ISSUED REQUIRING RESPONDENT TO 1) WITHIN     30 DAYS, SUBMIT TO EPA AND OSDH A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF     ITS ACTIONS TAKEN TO PREVENT FURTHER PROHIBITED DISCHAR-     GES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, 2) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT TO EPA     AND OSDH A WRITTEN PLANT-WIDE SCHEDULE OF INSPECTIONS        WHEREIN ALL SAFETY DEVICES DESIGNED TO CONTROL THE DIS-      TRIBUTION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ARE TESTED, INCLUDING      ASSURANCES THAT THESE SAFETY DEVICES CAN NOT BE OVERRID-     DEN, AND A PENALTY OF $89,954.00 IS PROPOSED.

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