# ACUSTAR, INC. - CHRYSLER ELECTRIC
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25845`
- **Case Number:** 05-1986-0030
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $25K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHRYSLER ELECTRIC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

PLANT BOILERS ARE IN VIOLATION OF VISUAL EMISSION          STANDARDS AND MALFUNCTIONS.                                    COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATIONS OF INDIANA SIP RULES FOR OPACITY  AND PARTICULATES.                                              ACUSTAR, INC. ( ACUSTAR ), A SUBSIDIARY OF CHRYSLER MOTORS CORP. AND FORMERLY NAMED CHRYSLER ELECTRIC, OWNS & OPERATES  THE INDIANAPOLIS ELECTRIC PLANT IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.    AT THIS PLANT, ACUSTAR MANUFACTURES AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS    AND INTEGRATED COMPONENT SYSTEMS.  SINCE APPROXIMATELY DECEM BER OF 1984, ACUSTAR HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION OF INDIANA STATE  IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ( SIP ) RULE APC-3, WHICH LIMITS VISIBLE EMISSIONS FROM EQUIPMENT TO 40% OPACITY.  THE VIOLATIONS OF  APC-3 WERE DISCOVERED BY CERTIFIED SMOKE READERS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS ( CITY ).  THE AIR POLLUTION DIVI-  SION FOR THE CITY ISSUED SEVERAL CITATIONS TO ACUSTAR FOR    VIOLATIONS OF APC-3 AND OTHER LOCAL REGULATIONS.  THESE CITA TION WERE ALSO SENT TO REGION V.                               ON JULY 29, 1986, REGION V ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO ACUSTAR, CITING IT FOR VIOLATIONS OF APC-3.  THE REGION HELD A SECTION 113 CONFERENCE ON AUGUST 21, 1986, AT ACUSTAR'S    REQUEST.  DURING THIS CONFERENCE, ACUSTAR AGREED TO PERFORM  A STACK TEST ON ITS BOILERS AND TO TAKE ANY OTHER MEASURE    NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE INDIANA SIP.  BASED UPON THE SOURCE'S REPRESENTATIONS THAT IT COULD COME INTO    COMPLIANCE IMMEDIATELY, THE REGION FOR

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