U.S. EPA Region 5 issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Apex Recycling Services (Apex) to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA alleged that Apex accepted for recycling small appliances, such as refrigerators and room air conditioners, that contained or once contained ozone-depleting refrigerants, without either recovering the refrigerant from the appliances or verifying that the refrigerant had been properly recovered prior to sale to Apex, in violation of regulations found at 40 CFR 82.156. EPA issued a Finding of Violation to Apex on March 1, 2013. The CAFO requires Apex to pay a penalty of $14,871.