# A-Z RECYLING
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2015 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3600021902`
- **Case Number:** 05-2015-5006
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- A-Z RECYLING (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

U.S. EPA Region 5 issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to A-Z Recycling, Inc (A-Z) to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA).  EPA alleged that A-Zaccepted for recycling small appliances, such as refrigerators and room air conditioners, and motor vehicles that contained or once contained ozone-depleting refrigerants, without either recovering the refrigerant from the appliances and vehicles or verifying that the refrigerant had been properly recovered prior to sale to A-Z, in violation of regulations found at 40 CFR 82.156. EPA issued a Finding of Violation to A-Z on May 30, 2012. The CAFO requires A-Z to pay a penalty of $45,000.

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