The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it wants to fine a refrigerant plant in Garrett, IN for improper labeling of equipment. EPA said it could fine the plant, which makes refrigerant recovery equipment designed to protect the environment, more than $49,000.
The owner of the plant, Richie Engineering Company said that the charge is unfounded and the fine would be "way out of proportion" to the supposed violation.
An attorney representing the company said that no natural resources were destroyed and that the company is "amazed" that EPA would come up with a figure so high. The plant said it has always complied with federal regulations on its labels and provides more information than is required by EPA.