Region 5 executed a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) with R.S. Owens and Company (R.S. Owens), located in Chicago, Illinois. R.S. Owens is in the business of manufacturing and selling trophies and awards. The CAFO commences and concludes a proceeding identifying alleged violations of of the facility's Federally Enforceable State Operating Permit (FESOP), as well as the National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hallogenated Solvent Cleaning at 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart T (Subpart T). Specifically, the CAFO alleges R.S. Owens failed to post a work practices summary in the work place; operated a batch vapor degreaser with a parts basket greater than 50% of the solvent air interface area and a hoist that exceeded the speed of three feet per minute; and failed to transfer trichloroethelyene (TCE) through leak proof couplings.
Region 5Âs will be entering into an Administrative Consent Order with R.S. Owens, in which R.S. Owens agreed achieve compliance with Subpart T and its FESOP when it installs leak proof couplings to transfer TCE to and from the degreaser.
In consideration of RespondentÂs ability to pay claim and cooperation, EPA determined that an appropriate civil penalty to settle this action is $1,200.