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Company: Schnitzer Steel Inc.
Current Parent Company: Schnitzer Steel Industries
Penalty: $3,250,000
Year: 2022
Date: April 22, 2022
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description: The EPA reached a settlement with Schnitzer Steel Inc. of Portland, Oregon, to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and regulations designed to protect stratospheric ozone at 40 scrap metal recycling facilities throughout the United States. The settlement will require the company to pay a civil penalty of $1,550,000, implement compliance measures worth over $1,700,000 to prevent the release of ozone-depleting refrigerants and non-exempt substitutes from refrigerant-containing items during their processing and disposal, and complete an environmental mitigation project.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Oregon
Facility City: Portland
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Oregon
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: metals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: steel
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