# BOLIDEN METECH
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Source Agrees
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `56798`
- **Case Number:** HQ-1988-0040
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Source Agrees
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BOLIDEN METECH (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BOLIDEN OPERATES A METAL SHREDDING FACILITY WHICH SHREDS   DISCARDED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.  SAMPLING AND TESTING DONE   AT THE SITE IN MARCH 1988 SHOWED PCB CONCENTRATIONS OF UP TO 1000 PPM IN THE PILES OF SHREDDED MATERIAL.                    DOJ AND THE REGION HOPE TO FILE FOR A P.I. TO GET INTERIM  MEASURES PREVENTING THE MIGRATIONS OF PCBS FROM THE SITE     WHILE A FINAL RESOLUTION CAN BE NEGOTIATED OR OBTAINED FROM  THE COURT.

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