# DIETZGEN CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25235`
- **Case Number:** 05-1983-0056
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $62K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DIETZGEN CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                              DIETZGEN IS A PAPER COATER WHICH USES VOLATILE ORGANIC  COMPOUNDS (VOC) TO MANUFACTURE DRAFTING PAPER, FILM, VELLUM  AND TRANSPARENCIES.  DIETZGEN EMITS OVER 94.8 TONS PER YEAR  OF VOC.  THE ILLINOIS STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP) RE-    QUIRED DIETZGEN TO REDUCE THOSE EMISSIONS TO UNDER 51.1      TONS PER YEAR BY DECEMBER 31, 1982.  THESE EMISSIONS CON-    TRIBUTE TO OZONE FORMATION IN THE CHICAGO AIR QUALITY CON-   TROL REGION, WHICH IS A PRIMARY NONATTAINMENT AREA FOR OZONE   CAUSE OF ACTION                                                 DIETZGEN'S EMISSIONS ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE ILLINOIS   SIP AND, BECAUSE DIETZGEN IS A MAJOR SOURCE, U.S. EPA IS     REQUIRED TO BRING SUIT TO ABATE THE VIOLATIONS AND RECOVER   CIVIL PENALTIES, UNDER SECTION 113 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT,     42 U.S.C. 7413.                                                PROPOSED REMEDY                                                 IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ILLINOIS SIP,   DIETZGEN MUST EITHER INSTALL CONTROL EQUIPMENT SUCH AS       AFTERBURNERS OR CARBON ADSORPTION EQUIPMENT, OR REDUCE THE   AMOUNT OF VOC EMITTED BY REFORMULATING THE COATINGS USED.      NATURE OF 1/27/84 ADDED REFERRAL                                DIETZGEN MANUFACTURES DRAFTING PAPER, COATED PLASTIC    FILMS AND OTHER PAPER PRODUCTS AT ITS DES PLAINES FACILITY.  THESE PRODUCTS ALL GO THROUGH A PAPER COATING PROCESS BY     WHICH A PLASTIC FILM IS APPLIED TO A C

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