# C CON METALS USA, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2020 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3602291480`
- **Case Number:** 04-2020-2118
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- C Con METALS USA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

9/21/20 - CAFO ISSUED: On July 2, 2019, the EPA and NCDEQ conducted a compliance evaluation inspection (CEI) at Respondent' s Facility. At the time of the CEI, Respondent had determined  that spent battery acid generated at the Facility exhibits the hazardous waste characteristic of corrosivity and is identified with the EPA Hazardous Waste Number D002, because it has a pH of less than 2.Respondent provided analytical results to demonstrate that the used PPE generated at the Facility exhibits the hazardous waste characteristic of toxicity for lead and is identified with the EPA Hazardous Waste Number 0008, because it has a TCLP concentration of 15 mg/L lead. Respondent provided analytical  results to demonstrate that certain plastics generated at the Facility have a TCLP concentration of 0.77 mg/L lead. However, the Respondent did not provide a description of the sampling methods to demonstrate the validity and relevance of the analytical test results in order to support a hazardous waste determination. Specifically, the report did not clarify if the sample contained polypropylene plastic or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic, nor did it describe the sampling methods. At the time of the CEI, Respondent provided analytical results to demonstrate that battery acid generated at the Facility has a TCLP concentration of 0.7 mg/L lead, and that treated water has a TCLP concentration of 2.0 mg/L lead. However, the Respondent did not provide a description of the sampling m

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