# WEDTECH CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1917`
- **Case Number:** 02-1985-0013
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $28K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WEDTECH CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS PROPOSES THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION PURSUANT TO     CAA/113(B) , 42 USC 7413(B), AGAINST WEDTECH CORPORATION     ( WEDTECH ) FOR CONSTRUCTING, AT ITS FACILITY LOCATED AT     977-989 E. 149TH ST., A MAJOR STATIONARY SOURCE OF VOLATILE  ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ( VOC ) IN VIOLATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION   MORATORIUM IN EFFECT PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 52.24(A).              A 12/20/84 EPA INSPECTION OF THE E. 149TH ST. FACILITY &   INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE SUPPLIER OF PAINT SPRAYING     EQUIPMENT INSTALLED AT THE FACILITY REVEALED THAT WEDTECH    HAD CONSTRUCTED A PAINT SPRAYING SYSTEM WITH A POTENTIAL TO  EMIT VOC'S IN EXCESS OF 100 TONS PER YEAR.                     IN ADDITION, AT ANOTHER OF ITS BRONX FACILITIES LOCATED AT 1049 WASHINGTON AVENUE, WEDTECH ENGAGED IN THE SURFACE COAT- ING OF MISCELLANEOUS METAL PARTS IN VIOLATION OF THE STDS    SET FORTH IN 6 NYCRR PART 228, & OPERATED AN AIR CONTAMINA-  TION SOURCE WITHOUT THE STATE OPERATING CERTIFICATE REQUIRED BY 6 NYCRR PART 201.                                           WEDTECH HAS NOT OPERATED THE PAINT SPRAYING SYSTEM IN-     STALLED AT THE E. 149TH ST. FACILITY & HAS SUBMITTED APPLI-  CATIONS TO THE STATE FOR CERTIFICATES TO OPERATE THE FACI-   LITY.  EPA REGION II HAS REQUESTED THAT WEDTECH SUBMIT ADD'L INFORMATION NECESSARY TO EVALUATE WEDTECH'S CLAIMS, MADE IN  ITS APPLICATIONS, THAT IT CAN OPERATE ITS FACILITY AS A MI-  NOR VOC SOURCE.                                              *                                     

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