# GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25313`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0072
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $50K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF THE CASE                               ON OCTOBER 18, 1984, REGION V ISSUED A NOTICE OF        VIOLATION TO GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY FOR VIOLATION  OF OHIO SIP RULE OAC 3745-21-09(G) AT ITS AKRON, OHIO,       FABRIC COATING FACILITY.  OAC 3745-21-09(G) IS PART OF THE   FEDERALLY APPROVED OHIO SIP AND LIMITS THE EMISSION OF       VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM THE COATING OF FABRICS.  THE COATINGS PRESENTLY USED BY GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY  DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS IN OAC 3745-21-09(G) AND THE   SOURCE HAS NOT INSTALLED CONTROL EQUIPMENT TO LIMIT EMISSION S.  SUMMIT COUNTY, IN WHICH THE AKRON PLANT IS LOCATED, IS   NONATTAINMENT FOR OZONE.                                       CAUSE OF ACTION                                                 GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY'S EMISSIONS ARE IN     VIOLATION OF THE OHIO SIP AND, BECAUSE IT 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 ORDERR TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE OHIO SIP,      GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY HAS PROPOSED A PERMANENT    SHUTDOWN OF THE PLANT BY APRIL 30, 1985.  REGION V RECOM-    MENDS A PENALTY FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES OF $50,000.            ISSUES OF NATIONAL AND PRECEDENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE                THERE ARE NO ISSUES OF NATIONAL O

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