CHICAGO—A Chicago copper alloy foundry criticized for its lead emissions in a minority neighborhood in Chicago will spend $3 million on new pollution control equipment and pay a civil penalty under the terms of a proposed consent decree reached Jan. 31 with the Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois (United States v. H. Kramer & Co.).
EPA announced H. Kramer & Co. had entered into the proposed consent decree resolving violations under the Clean Air Act and state air pollution standards.
Under the proposed agreement, lodged in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Jan. 31, H. ...
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