Companies to Pay $900,000 in NJ Scrap Yard Cleanup Settlement

The US will get $900,000 in cleanup costs from companies that allegedly sent used compressed gas cylinders to a New Jersey scrap yard, forcing the government to act quickly to properly dispose hazardous materials.

Shamrock Enterprises, a small compressed-gas supply and scrap company, accumulated gas cylinders that sometimes included various hazardous materials such as acetylene, ethylene oxide, and hydrogen chloride, according to a proposed consent decree filed Monday in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey. The EPA and state environmental officials found thousands of cylinders in “various states of deterioration” during a February 2018 inspection, prompting ...