# SHULTZ COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1902`
- **Case Number:** 02-1984-0021
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $4K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SHULTZ COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:                                            SHULTZ OPERATES A MANUFACTURING PLANT IN MANHATTAN, NY, AT WHICH COATINGS ARE APPLIED TO METAL FURNITURE.  THE SHULTZ   PLANT IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF VOC.  (VOC EMISSIONS ARE PRECUR-  SORS TO THE CREATION OF PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS AND OZONE.)   NEW YORK COUNTY, IN WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED, IS AN     AREA NOT ATTAINING THE PRIMARY HEALTH-RELATED STANDARD FOR   OZONE (40 CFR 81.333).                                         THE COATINGS USED AT THE SHULTZ FACILITY CONTAIN ORGANIC   SOLVENTS; THE COATING PROCESS IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE    RQRMTS OF 6 NYCRR PART 228 (A PORTION OF THE NYSIP).  THE    MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE SOLVENT CONTENT OF COATINGS IS SET FORTH IN TABLE I OF THE REGULATION:  METAL FURNITURE COATING OP-   ERATIONS MAY NOT EXCEED A SOLVENT CONTENT OF 3.0 POUNDS OF   ORGANIC SOLVENT PER GALLON OF COATING AT APPLICATION.  COM-  PLIANCE WITH THE SIP STANDARD WAS REQUIRED NLT JULY 1, 1980.   ON JUNE 17, 1982, THE USEPA REGION II ISSUED A NOV TO      SHULTZ FOR EMITTING VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN EXCESS OF  THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED UNDER THE APPLICABLE NYS REGULATION,   SECTION 228.1, TITLE 6 NYCRR.                                  THE EPA MET WITH THE COMPANY AND AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED  SHORTLY THEREAFTER.  A FINAL JUDGMENT ON CONSENT WAS FILED   ON MAY 9, 1983 WHICH INCLUDED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $2,000.     THE SHULTZ COMPANY WAS ORDERED TO ACHIEVE AND THEREAFTER     MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EMISSIO

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