# PRINTPACK, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25229`
- **Case Number:** 05-1983-0049
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PRINTPACK, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                              PRINTPACK IS AN ADHESIVE COATING PROCESSOR AND PRINTER  WHICH USES VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AS SOLVENTS IN LAMINA- TING PAPER AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS TOGETHER.  IN THE PROCESS,   PRINTPACK EMITS APPROXIMATELY 250 TONS OF VOC PER YEAR FROM  ITS SINGLE ADHESIVES COATING LAMINATOR LINE AT WHICH ELEVEN  (11) VARIOUS ADHESIVE COATINGS ARE CURRENTLY APPLIED.  THE   APPLICABLE ILLINOIS STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ( SIP ) VOC    RULES REQUIRED PRINTPACK TO REDUCE THESE EMISSIONS TO 133    OR LESS TONS PER YEAR BY DECEMBER 31, 1982.  THESE EMISSIONS CONTRIBUTE TO OZONE FORMATION IN KANE COUNTY JUST WEST OF    CHICAGO, WHICH IS PART OF THE SIX COUNTY NORTHEASTERN        ILLINOIS PRIMARY NONATTAINMENT AREA FOR OZONE.                 CAUSE OF ACTION                                                 PRINTPACK'S EMISSIONS ARE IN VIOLATION OF ILLINOIS SIP,  ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD RULES AND REGULATIONS,     CHAPTER 2: AIR POLLUTION RULES 205(N)(1)(C) AND 205(J).      PRINTPACK IS A MAJOR STATIONARY SOURCE, AND U.S. EPA SHOULD  BRING SUIT TO ABATE THE VIOLATIONS AND RECOVER CIVIL PENAL-  TIES.  SECTION 113(B)(2) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 42 U.S.C.     7413 (B)(2).                                                   PROPOSED REMEDY                                                 IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ILLINOIS SIP,   PRINTPACK MUST EITHER INSTALL CONTROL EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS     AFTERBURNERS OR CARBON ADSORPTION EQUI

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