Metal plating company faces $116,532 judgment for cleanup.The Los Angeles-based Builder's Hardware Finishers, a metal plating Noun 1. metal plating - a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface plating coating, coat - a thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint" gold plate - a thin plating of gold on something company, was ordered to pay $116,532 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and , by federal Judge J. Spencer Letts. The judgment consisted of $91,532 to cover EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. cost in cleaning up Builder's Hardware site, following a 1988 fire at the facility, and a $25,000 civil fine. During the fire, noted the judge, such dangerous toxins as hydrogen cyanide hydrogen cyanide, HCN, colorless, volatile, and extremely poisonous chemical compound whose vapors have a bitter almond odor. It melts at −14°C; and boils at 26°C;. It is miscible in all proportions with water or ethanol and is soluble in ether. gas came close to being released into the environment -- the same chemical that caused the tragedy in Bhopal, India. The property owners of the Builder's Hardware site have already paid $455,000 to the EPA for clean-up costs. |
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