EPA's aluminum crackdown targets Wis. smelter, others

Oct 27, 2004 | 11:05 AM | Paul Schaffer

EPA's aluminum crackdown targets Wis. smelter, others The latest secondary aluminum smelter to be hit with a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violation report is one operated by engine manufacturer Mercury Marine Group, Fond du Lac, Wis.

The facility failed to test for hazardous dioxin and furan air emissions, a requirement that became effective in March 2003, the EPA said, which also alleged various other monitoring and record-keeping lapses. The EPA hasn't yet decided whether to impose a....





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