# SHULTZ CO. INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1849`
- **Case Number:** 02-1982-0038
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SHULTZ CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE                                                  ON 06/17/82, REGN 2 ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO     SHULTZ FOR EMITTING VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN EXCESS     OF MAX PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE N.Y. STATE REGULATION,     SECTION 228.1, TITLE 6, OFFICIAL COMPILATION OF CODES,       RULES & REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF N.Y.( NYCRR ).                SHULTZ OPERATES A MANUFACTURING PLANT IN MANHATTAN      AT WHICH COATINGS ARE APPLIED TO METAL FURNITURE. THE        PLANT IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS        (VOC). VOC EMMISIONS ARE PRECURSORS TO CREATION OF PHOTO-    CHEMICAL OXIDANTS & OZONE. NEW YORK COUNTY IS NOT ATTAIN-    ING THE PRIMARY HEALTH-RELATED STANDARD FOR OZONE(40 CFR     SEC.81.333), SO THERE IS PARTICULAR CONCERN ABT VOC COM-     PLIANCE HERE & IN N.Y. METROPOLITAN AREA GENERALLY.               COATINGS USED CONTAIN CERTAIN ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PRO-    CESS IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO 6 NYCRR PART 228,  A PORTION    OF THE N.Y. STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP). THE MAX PER-    MISSABLE SOLVENT CONTENT OF COATINGS, TABLE I OF REGULA-     TION, MAY NOT EXCEED 3.0 LBS PER GALLON OF COATING AT AP-    PLICATION. EMISSIONS OF VOC FROM THIS PLANT HAVE BEEN        CALCULATED AT NEARLY 2.21 TIMES THE LEVEL ALLOWED-APPROX.    6.64 LBS. VS THE ALLOWED 3.0-THOUGH COMPLIANCE WAS RE-       QUIRED BY NO LATER THAN 7/1/80, MORE THAN 2 YRS. AGO.        THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL POTENTIAL EMISSIONS OF VOC FROM THIS    FACILITY ARE 181 TONS/YR, OF WHICH 55%

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