Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. of Muncie, Ind. agreed in a consent decree to install pollution control equipment at an estimated cost of $112 million to reduce emissions of NOx, SO2, and PM by approximately 6,000 tons each year. The settlement covers all 15 of the companyÂs plants in 13 states. Two of the 15 plants have been closed by Saint-Gobain for independent business reasons.
This is the federal governmentÂs first nationwide Clean Air Act settlement with a glass manufacturer that covers all of a companyÂs plants. The states of Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin, as well as the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, joined in todayÂs settlement.
Region IX facilities included in the settlement are located in El Monte and Madera California.