# ARCHER RUBBER COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `202`
- **Case Number:** 01-1990-0023
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $200K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARCHER RUBBER COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION UNDER SECTION 113 OF THE     CLEAN AIR ACT FOR VIOLATIONS OF 310 CMR 7.18(15) OF THE      MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION         REGULATIONS, WHICH IS PART OF MASSACHUSETTSS FEDERALLY       ENFORCEABLE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.                       ARCHER RUBBER COMPANY OWNS AND OPERATES TWELVE FABRIC        COATING LINES AT ITS FACILITY IN MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.     SINCE JANUARY 1985, THESE FABRICS COATING LINES HAVE EMITTED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) AT A RATE ABOVE THE         ALLOWABLE VOC EMISSION LIMIT FOR FABRIC COATING LINES IN 310 CMR 7.18(15).                                                THE REGION IS SEEKING A PERMANENT INJUNCTION TO REQUIRE      ARCHER TO ADD POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT. THE REGION IS     ALSO SEEKING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS OF         VIOLATIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS' SIP. THE COMPLAINT ASKS FOR     CIVIL PENALTIES OF UP TO $25,000 PER DAY OF VIOLATION. THE   REGION HAS CALCULATED A PROPOSED PENALTY OF 384,400 FOR      SETTLEMENT OF THE CASE.

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