# BORDEN, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `209`
- **Case Number:** 01-1990-0039
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $82K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $200K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BORDEN, INC., VERNON PLASTICS CO. DIV. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION UNDER SECTION 113 OF THE     CLEAN AIR ACT FOR VIOLATIONS OF 310 CMR 7.18(16) OF THE      MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION         REGULATIONS, WHICH IS PART OF MASSACHUSETTS' FEDERALLY       ENFORCEABLE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (SIP).                BORDEN, INC.'S VERNON PLASTICS CO. DIVISION OWNS AND         OPERATES FOUR VINYL COATING LINES AT ITS FACILITY IN         HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS. SINCE SEPTEMBER, 1986, THESE VINYL COATINGS HAVE EMITTED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) AT A  RATE ABOVE THE ALLOWABLE VOC EMISSION LIMIT FOR VINYL        COATING LINES IN 310 CMR 7.18(16).                             THE REGION IS SEEKING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF    MASSACHUSETTS SIP. THE COMPLAINT ASKS FOR CIVIL PENALTIES OF UP TO $25,000 PER DAY  OF VIOLATIONS FOR A PERIOD OF BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1, 1986, AND NOVEMBER 30, 1987. THE REGION HAS     CALCULATED A PROPOSED PENALTY OF $144,596 FOR SETTLEMENT OF  THE CASE.                                                    THE REGION DOES NOT PROPOSE TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AT     THIS TIME: THE SOURCE IS STILL VIOLATING THE MASSACHUSETTS   SIP, BUT HAS APPLIED FOR AN ALTERNATIVE VOC EMISSION LIMIT   WHICH, IF APPROVED BY EPA, WOULD BRING THE SOURCE INTO       COMPLIANCE.                                                  VERNON PLASTICS CO. HAS APPLIED TO THE STATE FOR AN          ALTERNATIVE VOC EMISSION LIMIT ON THE GROUNDS THAT           COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIP IS TECHNOLOG

---
*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*