U.S. EPA Region 5 issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Lebanon Scrap Metals (Lebanon) to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA alleged that Lebanon accepted for recycling small appliances, such as refrigerators and room air conditioners, and motor vehicle air conditioners (MVACs) that contained or once contained ozone-depleting refrigerants, without either recovering the refrigerant from the small appliances or MVAC, or verifying that the refrigerant had been properly recovered prior to sale to Lebanon, in violation of regulations found at 40 CFR 82.156. EPA issued a Finding of Violation to Lebanon on September 15, 2014. The CAFO requires Lebanon to pay a penalty of $25,000.