# DIVERSITECH GENERAL CORPORATION, TOLEDO, OH
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25686`
- **Case Number:** 05-1985-0416
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $95K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DIVERSITECH GENERAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DIVERSITECH GENERAL COMPANY IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF VOLATILE  ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC), IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE OHIO     REGULATIONS APPROVED AND ENFORCEABLE BY U.S. EPA UNDER THE   CLEAN AIR ACT.                                                 NATURE OF THE CASE                                              DIVERSITECH OPERATES A FACILITY IN TOLEDO, OHIO WHERE   IT MANUFACTURES VINYL COATED FABRIC AND FILMS.  THE MANU-    FACTURING PROCESS, USED TO PRODUCE FLEXIBLE VINYL COATED AND PRINTED PRODUCTS, UTILIZES ORGANIC BASED SOLVENTS WHICH      GENERATE VOC.  ON MARCH 22, 1985, REGION V ISSUED A NOTICE   OF VIOLATION TO DIVERSITECH FOR GENERATING VOC'S IN EXCESS   OF THE ALLOWED LIMIT IN THE OHIO STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN   (SIP).  DIVERSITECH EMITS APPROXIMATELY 805 TONS OF VOC'S    PER YEAR, IN CONTRAST TO 537 TONS PER YEAR PERMITTED UNDER   THE OHIO RULE.  LUCAS COUNTY, IN WHICH DIVERSITECH IS        LOCATED, IS DESIGNATED AS A PRIMARY NONATTAINMENT AREA FOR   OZONE.                                                         CAUSE OF ACTION                                                 U.S. EPA IS AUTHORIZED TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION 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 OHIO SIP,       DIVERSITECH WOULD MOST LIKELY ELECT TO INCREASE ITS POLLU-   TION CONTROL CAPTURE EFFICIENCY TO THE

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