# EASCO CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25348`
- **Case Number:** 05-1985-0012
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $64K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- EASCO CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CIVIL REFERRAL AGAINST EASCO CORPORATION, GIRARD, OHIO,      FACILITY (AIR)                                                 BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF THE CASE                               EASCO OPERATES A METAL EXTRUSION AND PAINTING FACILITY  IN GIRARD, OHIO, WHERE IT MANUFACTURES AND PAINTS METAL      PARTS USED IN CONSTRUCTION AND THE  MANUFACTURE OF RECREA-   TIONAL VEHICLES.  THE FACILITY CONTAINS ONE COATING LINE     WITH TWO SPRAY STATIONS WHERE SOLVENT-BASED COATINGS ARE     APPLIED.  AT NORMAL OPERATING LEVELS, THE FACILITY EMITS     286 TONS OF VOC PER YEAR.  THE ALLOWABLE EMISSION RATE FOR   THIS FACILITY IS 78.8 TONS PER YEAR.  THE VOC EMISSIONS      CONTRIBUTE TO OZONE FORMATION IN TRUMBULL COUNTY, WHICH      HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS PRIMARY NONATTAINMENT FOR OZONE.        CAUSE OF ACTION                                                 EMISSIONS FROM THE FACILITY VIOLATE OHIO STATE IMPLE-   MENTATION PLAN (SIP) REGULATION, OAC RULE 3745-21-09(U).     EASCO IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF VOC EMISSIONS (286 TONS PER       YEAR).  SECTION 113(B) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 42 U.S.C.       SECTION 7413(B), AUTHORIZES THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S.    EPA TO COMMENCE A CIVIL ACTION TO ABATE VIOLATIONS AND RE-   COVER CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST VIOLATORS OF APPLICABLE SIP'S.   PROPOSED REMEDY                                                 IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE OHIO SIP, EASCO MUST EITHER INSTALL CONTROLS, SUCH AS AN INCINERATOR, OR     REFORMULATE ITS COATINGS.  REGION V 

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