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GENERAL MOTORS - LORDSTOWN

Judicial · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 26245

$1.50M
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Case

Case Number
05-1986-0454
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-1071
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

VOC VIOLATIONS OF STATE SIP. COMPANY IS PRESENTLY SEEKING SIP VARIANCE. GENERAL MOTORS ( GM LORDSTOWN, GENERAL MOTORS, THE COMPANY ) MANUFACTURES JEEPS, CARS AND VANS AT ITS LORDSTOWN PLANT. IT OPERATES A NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILE COATING LINES IN THIS FACILITY. GM LORDSTOWN IS LOCATED IN TRUMBULL COUNTY, AND IS PART OF THE YOUNGSTOWN URBAN NONATTAINMENT AREA. ON AUGUST 7, 1986, U.S. EPA ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLA- TION (NOV) TO GENERAL MOTORS LORDSTOWN (ATTACHMENT 11) FOR GENERATING VOC EMISSIONS IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITS PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE OHIO SIP. THE APPLICABLE SIP REGULATIONS, OAC RULES 3745-21-09(C) (I) (C) AND OAC 3745-21-09(C) (I) (D) (ATTACHMENT 4) LIMIT THE CONTENT OF TOPCOAT TO 2.8 POUNDS OF VOC PER GALLON OF COATING, EXCLUDING WATER, AND 4.8 POUNDS OF VOC PER GALLON OF FINAL REPAIR COAT, EXCLUDING WATER. THE TOP COAT GENERAL MOTORS USES AT ITS LORDSTOWN FACILITY HAS A VOC CONTENT OF 5.72 POUNDS PER GALLON, AND THE FINAL REPAIR COAT IN USE CONTAINS 6.8 POUNDS PER GALLON.

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