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RALSTON FOODS (SB)

Administrative - Formal · FY2010 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 1800080829

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-2010-3902
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

Ralston Foods owns and operates a private-label cereal manufacturing facility at 276 Bremen Road, Lancaster, Ohio. In a Notice of Violation issued December 29, 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finds that Ralston violated Section 110 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7410, and the Ohio State Implementation Plan by failing to account for all potential emissions that could be emitted from its Lancaster, Ohio facility when it applied for its operating permits, in violation of Ohio Administrative Code 3745-35-02(B)(6). EPA discovered this violation after reviewing Ralston's response to an information request and through an May 15, 2008 inspection of the facility. EPA is issuing the Administrative Penalty Order concurrently with this Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO). Ralston demonstrated compliance by applying for an amendment to its operating permits on February 12, 2009 to account for volatile organic compound emissions from its dryers. Under this CAFO, Ralston will pay a penalty of $29,336 and will perform the following supplemental environmental project: installing a new cooling system that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions within 6 months of the effective date of this CAFO.

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