# DINAGRAPHICS INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25317`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0076
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $50K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DINAGRAPHICS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CIVIL REFERRAL AGAINST DINAGRAPHICS, INC., NORWOOD, OHIO     DINAGRAPHICS IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COM-      POUNDS, IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE OHIO REGULATIONS AP-      PROVED AND ENFORCEABLE UNDER THE CLAIN AIR ACT.                NATURE OF THE CASE                                              DINAGRAPHICS, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, OWNS AND OPER-    ATES A PLANT IN NORWOOD, OHIO, WHICH MANUFACTURES ROTO-      GRAVURE-PRINTED PAPER AND FOIL LABELS FOR THE PACKAGING      INDUSTRY.  THE ROTOGRAVURE PRINTING OPERATIONS ENTAIL THE    USE OF SOLVENT-BASED INKS AND LACQUERS.  AFTER THE INKS      AND LACQUERS ARE APPLIED TO THE PAPER OR FOIL SUBSTRATE,     HEATED AIR IS USED TO DRY THE SUBSTRATE AND EVAPORATE THE    SOLVENTS.  THE HEATED AIR, CONTAINING VOLATILE ORGANIC       COMPOUNDS (VOC'S) IS VENTED, UNCONTROLLED, TO THE ATMOS-     PHERE.  ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1984, REGION V ISSUED A NOTICE OF    VIOLATION TO DINAGRAPHICS FOR GENERATING VOC'S IN EXCESS OF  THE LIMITS PERMISSIBLE IN THE FEDERALLY-APPROVED OHIO SIP    REGULATION OAC 3745-21-09(Y), COVERING PACKAGING ROTO-       GRAVURE PRINTING LINES.  DINAGRAPHICS ACTUALLY EMITTED IN    1983, 555 TONS ON VOC'S.  UNDER THE OHIO RULW, DEPENDING ON  THE CONTROL METHOD USED, ALLOWABLE VOC EMISSIONS WOULD       RANGE FROM 57.5 TONS TO 205 TONS PER YEAR.  THE GREATER      CINCINNATI AREA, INCLUDING NORWOOD, IS A PRIMARY NONATTAIN-  MENT AREA FOR OZONE.                                           CAUSE OF ACTION                   

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