This Consent Decree involves the following facilities: IMCO Recycling of Illinois Inc., Chicago Heights, IL; IMCO Recycling of Ohio Inc., Uhrichsville, OH; Commonwealth Aluminum Concast, Uhrichsville, OH; Alumitech of Wabash, Wabash, IN; Alchem Aluminum Inc., Saginaw, MI; Alchem Aluminum Inc., Coldwater, MI; IMCO Recycling of Michigan LLC, Coldwater, MI. Aleris International is the parent company to all of the above listed facilities. All the listed facilities are subject to 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart RRR (Secondary Aluminum NESHAP). On December 22, 2005 an information request was sent to Aleris pertaining to its 7 facilities in Region 5. Aleris submitted its response to the information request on February 6, 2006. Aleris approached EPA to discuss a global settlement of its facilities nationwide and met with EPA on March 8-9, 2006. The violations that were found include the failure to design and install adequate capture and collection systems, to demonstrate compliance with applicable emission standards through adequate performance testing, to correctly establish and monitor operating parameters, and to comply with recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Aleris agreed to upgrade existing capture and collection systems on its furnaces, retest each facility, install load cells to more accurately weigh flux at seven continuous flux-fed reverberatory furnaces, apply for a Title V permit for the Chicago Heights facility and pay a penalty of $4,600,000.