# CONTINENTAL CAN CO., U.S.A. PLANT #77
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25258`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0014
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $299K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CONTINENTAL CAN CO (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE                                                  CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY, USA, PLANT #77 MANUFACTURES    AND COATS TWO-PIECE AND THREE-PIECE CANS FOR USE IN THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES.  PLANT #77 HAS 3 DEPARTMENTS THAT   CONTAIN CAN SURFACE COATING PROCESS LINES THAT EMIT VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ( VOC'S ) INTO THE AMBIENT AIR IN VIOLA-   TION OF THE APPLICABLE WISCONSIN SIP.  ON OCTOBER 28, 1983,  REGION V ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO CONTINENTAL FOR     GENERATING VOC EMISSIONS IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITS PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE WISCONSIN SIP.  ACTUAL UNCONTROLLED VOC EMISSIONS  FROM PLANT #77 WERE APPROXIMATELY 1316 TONS IN 1983, IN      CONTRAST TO THE 821 TONS OF ALLOWABLE EMISSIONS PERMITTED    UNDER THE WISCONSIN SIP.  THE MILWAUKEE AREA IS DESIGNATED   AS A PRIMARY NON-ATTAINMENT AREA FOR OZONE.                    CAUSE OF ACTION                                                 CONTINENTAL IS EMITTING VOC'S IN VIOLATION OF THE       WISCONSIN SIP, AND BECAUSE CONTINENTAL 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. SECTION 7413.                               PROPOSED REMEDY                                                 IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE WISCONSIN SIP,  CONTINENTAL MUST EITHER INSTALL CONTROL EQUIPMENT SUCH AS    AFTERBURNERS OR CARBON ADSORPTION EQUIPMENT, OR REDUCE THE   AMOUNT OF VOC EMITTED BY REFORMULATING

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