# SUPERIOR STEEL D&T
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1854`
- **Case Number:** 02-1982-0045
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $17K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SUPERIOR STEEL DOOR & TRIM CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                              ON JUNE 17, 1982, REGN 2 ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLA-      TION TO SUPERIOR FOR EMITTING VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS     IN EXCESS OF THE MAX PERMITTED UNDER THE APPLICABLE NEW      YORK STATE REGULATION, SEC. 228.1, TITLE 6, OFFICIAL COM-    PILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF     NEW YORK ( NYCRR ).                                               SUPERIOR OPERRATES A MANUFACTURING PLANT IN COLLEGE     POINT, NEW YORK AT WHICH COATINGS ARE APPLIED TO METAL       FURNITURE.  THE SUPERIOR METAL FURNITURE COATING PLANT IS    A MAJOR SOURCE OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ( VOC ).  AS    YOU KNOW, VOC EMISSIONS ARE PRECURSORS TO THE CREATION OF    PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS AND OZONE.  QUEENS COUNTY, THE        COUNTY IN WHICH THE SUPERIOR FACILITY IS LOCATED, IS AN      AREA NOT ATTAINING THE PRIMARY HEALTH-RELATED STANDARD       FOR OZONE (40 CFR SEC81.333), SO WE ARE PARTICULARLY CON-    CERNED ABOUT VOC COMPLIANCE IN THIS AREA AND IN THE NEW      YORK METROPOLITAN AREA GENERALLY.                                 THE COATINGS USED CONTAIN CERTAIN ORGANIC SOLVENTS;     THE COATING PROCESS IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIRE-     MENTS OF 6 NYCRR PART 228, A PORTION OF THE NEW YORK         IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.  THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE SOLVENT        CONTENT OF COATINGS IS SET FORTH IN TABLE I OF THE REG-      ULATION; METAL FURNITURE COATING OPERATIONS MAY NOT EX-      CEED A SOLVENT CONTENT OF 3.0 POUNDS O

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