# GLENMORE PLASTIC
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1870`
- **Case Number:** 02-1983-0005
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $12K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GLENMORE PLASTIC INDUSTRIES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                        GLENMORE OWNS AND OPERATES A PLANT IN BROOKLYN, NY, WHICH  APPLIES COATINGS TO VINYL FABRICS.  THE SOURCE IS LOCATED    IN A PRIMARY NON-ATTAINMENT AREA FOR OZONE.                       CAUSE OF ACTION                                           THE NY STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REQUIRES AN OWNER OR      OPERATOR OF PROCESSES INVOLVING CERTAIN TYPES OF COATING     LINES TO SUBMIT A CONTROL PLAN TO THE STATE BY 1/1/80, AND   TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE BY 7/1/80 WITH THE LIMITATION ON       VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC).  ON 6/29/82, EPA ISSUED A  NOV TO GLENMORE.  THE APPLICABLE REGULATION SETS A LIMIT OF  3.8 LBS OV VOC PER GALLON OF COATING, BUT THE COMPANY USES   COATINGS CONTAINING 5.6 LBS/GAL.                                  PROPOSED REMEDY                                           REGION II SEEKS TO PLACE THE COMPANY ON A SCHEDULE TO RE-  FORMULATE ITS COATINGS OR INSTALL EQUIPMENT TO BRING ITS     COATING LINES INTO COMPLIANCE.  THE REGION IS ALSO SEEKING   CIVIL PENALTIES OF $40K-$50K.  THE PLANT IS LOCATED IN AN    AREA WHICH HAS AN EXTENSION OF ITS ATTAINMENT DEADLINE FOR   OZONE UNTIL 1987, SO THE POST-1982 ENFORCEMENT POLICY DOES   NOT APPLY.                                                        NO ISSUES OF NATIONAL OR PRECEDENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE

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