Wabash Alloys settled with EPA on clean-air violations

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with Wabash Alloys LLC on alleged clean-air violations at the company's secondary aluminum production plant at 525 W. Old Highway 24 in Wabash, Ind.

The agreement, which includes a $10,000 penalty, resolves EPA allegations that Wabash Alloys violated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants by failing to keep proper temperature records for its scrap dryer afterburner for almost a month in 2005.

Wabash self-disclosed the alleged violations and has certified it is now complying with the recordkeeping requirements that were cited by the EPA.

Hazardous air pollutants may cause serious health effects including birth defects and cancer. They may also cause harmful environmental and ecological effects.