# ARKWRIGHT INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `112`
- **Case Number:** 01-1986-0010
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $175K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARKWRIGHT INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ARKWRIGHT OPERATES A PAPER AND FABRIC COATING FACILITY IN  FISKEVILLE, RI IN VIOLATION OF THE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ( SIP ) FOR RI.  THE FACILITY IS VIOLATING THE EMISSION LI-  MIT FOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ( VOC ) CONTAINED IN RI'S AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REG #19: CONTROL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC   COMPOUNDS FROM SURFACE COATING OPERATIONS.  EPA HAS NOT AC-  CEPTED THE SOURCE'S ARGUMENT THAT THE REQUIREMENT TO MEET    THIS LIMIT IS ECONOMICALLY AND TECHNICALLY INFEASIBLE.       RHODE ISLAND IS A PRIMARY NONATTAINMENT ARE FOR VOC WITH NO  EXTENSION UNTIL 1987, SO A FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION        WITH A CASH PENALTY IS MANDATORY IN THIS CASE PURSUANT TO    EPA POLICY.                                                                                                             . <CAUSE OF ACTION>                                              ARKWRIGHT HAS BEEN VIOLATING SIP REG #19 VOC EMISSION LIM- IT (2.9LBS VOC/GAL COATING- LESS WATER) SINCE 7/1/85.  AT    PRESENT, NONE OF ITS COATING LINES HAVE CONTROL EQUIPMENT    INSTALLED AND USE OF THE COATINGS UNCONTROLLED VIOLATES THE  EMISSION LIMIT IN REG #19.                                   REG #19 PROVIDES THAT THE COMPLIANCE DATE OF 7/1/85 MAY BE   EXTENDED 2 YEARS AT A TIME ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS IF THE    SOURCE DEMONSTRATES THAT NEITHER COATING REFORMULATION NOR   CONTROL EQUIPMENT IS ECONOMICALLY AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE.  (REG. #19 IS EPA-APPROVED UNDER THE RHODE ISLAND SIP.)       ARKWRIGHT HAS SOUGHT TO MAKE A DEMONST

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