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Introduction
Alumina Inc. (AI) is a U.S. based international aluminum company with eight locations worldwide, worth of $4 billion. Its business markets include “automotive components and manufacture of packaging materials, bauxite mining, alumina refining, and aluminum smelting” (University of Phoenix simulation, 2008) and the company falls under the following regulatory agencies and acts: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
(A) Key Facts, Regulations and Legal Issues
Key Facts.
Kelly Bates, a 38-year old single mother accused the company of contaminating Lake Dira and believes that the contamination of these waters is responsible for her 10 year old daughter’s leukemia. Five years before Ms. Bates’ allegation, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited Alumina for a violation related to the environmental discharge norms, ordering the corporation to do an immediate clean-up. Since the violation and subsequent clean-up, Alumina Inc. has been in full compliance with EPA regulations.
Traffic is causing water pollution in Lake Dira. Increased traffic is poisoning the waters of Lake Dira with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as much as 100 times greater than pre-urban conditions and pose a danger to animal, aquatic, and human life While the fact remains that AI did violate the PAH discharge norms 5 years prior, the state has become heavily industrialized. The independent study revealed that AI was well within the required standards, which leaves the other organizations operating in the a ...