The agreement resolves a complaint EPA filed alleging Metal Management disposed of equipment containing ozone depleting chemicals without first verifying that the dangerous chemicals had been removed before it took final action.
EPA said it alleged that between April 2004 and September 2006, Metal Management accepted appliances and motor vehicles without verification that the refrigerant had been properly evacuated in accordance with the EPA regulations.
Chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants and certain substitute refrigerants deplete the stratospheric, or good, ozone layer allowing dangerous amounts of cancer-causing ultraviolet rays from the sun to strike the earth, EPA said.
Metal Management is a scrap metal operator in Utah, US.
