# MEYERCORD CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25217`
- **Case Number:** 05-1983-0035
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $28K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MEYERCORD COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                         MEYERCORD IA A PAPER PRINTING, COATING, AND DRYING         FACILITY WHICH USES VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC).        MEYERCORD EMITE OVER 135 TONS PER YEAR OF VOC. THE ILLINOIS  STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP) REQUIRED MEYERCORD TO REDUCE THOSE EMISSIONS TO UNDER 41 TONS PER YEAR BY DECEMBER 31,    1982. THESE EMISSIONS CONTRIBUTE TO OZONE FORMATION IN       CHICAGO, WHICH IS A PRIMARY NONATTAINMENT AREA FOR OZONE.        CAUSE OF ACTION                                            MEYERCORD'S EMISSIONS ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE ILLINOIS SIP AND, BECAUSE THE FACILITY IS A MAJOR , U.S. EPA IS REQUIRED  TO BRING SUIT TO ABATE THE VIOLATIONS AND RECOVER CIVIL      PENALTIES, UNDER SECTION 113 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT.               PROPOSED REMEDY                                            IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ILLINOIS SIP,      MEYERCORD MUST EITHER INSTALL CONTROL EQUIPMENT SUCH AS      AFTERBURNERS OR CARBON ABSORPTION EQUIPMENT, OR REDUCE THE   AMOUNT OF VOC EMITTED BY REFORMULATING THE COATINGS USED.      IN ADDITION, REGION V RECOMMENDS A PENALTY FOR SETTLEMENT  PURPOSES OF NOT LESS THAN $50,000.

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