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JAMES RIVER - ROCHESTER, INC.

Judicial · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 25228

$110K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1983-0048
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

PAPER COATING PROCESS VIOLATING SIP VOC EM. LIMITATIONS. IN NON-ATTAIN. AREA, DETROIT. THIS IS POST-1982 POLICY CASE. ADMINISTRATIVE SOLUTION, REVISION OF SIP BY MICH., APPEARS TO REG. V TO BE INAPPROVABLE. REFORMATION OF COAT- INGS (NOT ALL) AND 30 DAY AVERAGING WAS COMPANY S RECOMMEND SOLUTION. $50 K SETTLEMENT FIGURE IS PROPOSED. CAUSE OF ACTION SECTION 113(B) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 42 U.S.C. 7413(B), AUTHORIZES THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES ENVIRON- MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO COMMENCE A CIVIL ACTION TO ABATE VIOLATIONS AND RECOVER CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST VIO- LATORS OF APPLICABLE SIPS. PROPOSED REMEDY JAMES RIVER MUST EITHER REFORMULATE ITS COATINGS TO A NONSOLVENT BASE, OR INSTALL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT TO INCINERATE OR ABSORB THE VOC TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE MICHIGAN SIP. THE RELIEF SOUGHT INCLUDES PAYMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES OF A MINIMUM OF $50,000 FOR SETTLEMENT PUR- POSES. SYNOPSIS JAMES RIVER-ROCHESTER, INC. ( JAMES RIVER ) MANUFAC- TURES PAPER MATERIALS, MOST OF WHICH ARE USED AS MEDIA FOR INDUSTRIAL AND CARTRIDGE FILTER MATERIALS. THE PLANT HAS ONE PAPER COATING LINE WHICH CONTAINS A SATURATOR AT WHICH RESIN IS APPLIED TO THE CARTRIDGE PAPE

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