# SANCAP ABRASIVES
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25303`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0061
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $30K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SANCAP ABRASIVES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                              SANCAP, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, OWNS AND OPERATES A     PLANT IN ALLIANCE, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WHICH MANUFACTURES    TWO MAJOR PRODUCT LINES:  SANDPAPER AND BOTTLE CAPLINERS.    BOTH MANUFACTURING PROCESSES INCLUDE PAPER COATING OPERA-    TIONS INVOLVING THE USE OF ORGANIC SOLVENTS.  AFTER THE      COATING IS APPLIED, HEATED AIR IS USED TO DRY THE PAPER AND  EVAPORATE THE SOLVENTS.  THE HEAED AIR, CONTAINING VOLATILE  ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC'S) IS VENTED, UNCONTROLLED, TO THE    ATMOSPHERE.  ON JUNE 24, 1984, REGION V ISSUED A NOTICE OF   VIOLATION TO SANCAP FOR GENERATING VOC'S IN EXCESS OF THE    LIMIT PERMISSIBLE IN THE FEDERALLY APPROVED OHIO SIP REGULA- TION 3745-21-09(F), COVERING PAPER COATING LINES.  SANCAP    ACTUALLY EMITS APPROXIMATELY 119 TONS OF VOC'S PER YEAR, IN  CONTRAST TO THE 20 TONS PER YEAR PERMITTED UNDER THE OHIO    RULE.  STARK COUNTY IS DESIGNATED AS A PRIMARY NONATTAINMENT AREA FOR OZONE.                                                CAUSE OF ACTION                                                 SANCAP'S EMISSIONS ARE IN VIOALTION OF THE OHIO SIP     AND, BECAUSE SANCAP 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 WI

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