# DIETZGEN CORP
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1985 · — · Source Agrees
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25689`
- **Case Number:** 05-1985-0419
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Source Agrees
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DIETZGEN CORP
## Summary

=NATURE OF THE CASE=                                              DIETZGEN IS A PAPER COATER WHICH USES VOLATILE ORGANIC  COMPOUNDS (VOC) TO MANUFACTURE DRAFTING PAPER, FILM, VELLUM, AND TRANSPARENCIES.  DIETGEN EMITS OVER 94.8 TONS PER YEAR   OF VOC.  THE ILLINOIS STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP) RE-    QUIRED DIETZGEN TO REDUCE THOSE EMISSIONS TO UNDER 51.1 TONS PER YEAR BY 12/31/82.  THESE EMISSIONS CONTRIBUTE TO OZONE   FORMATION IN THE CHICAGO AIR QUALITY CONTROL REGION, WHICH   IS A PRIMARY NONATTAINMENT AREA FOR OZONE.                                            -----------                         =CAUSE OF ACTION=                                                 DIETZGEN'S EMISSIONS ARE IN VIOLATIONOF THE ILLINOIS    SIP.  BECAUSE DIETZGEN IS A MAJOR SOURCE, U.S. EPA IS        AUTHORIZED TO RECOVER THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE  UNDER SECTION 120 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT.                      =PROPOSED REMEDY=                                                 IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ILLINOIS SIP,   DIETZGEN MUST EITHER INSTALL CONTROL EQUIPMENT OR REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF VOC EMITTED BY REFORMULATING THE COATINGS USED.

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