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UNIROYAL ENGINEERED PRODUCTS

Judicial · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 27100

$140K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1989-0039
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

VINYL COATING OPERATION - EMISSION OF VOC IN EXCESS OF LIMIT ALLOWED UNDER THE INDIANA SIP. THE CO. OPERATES A MAJOR SOURCE OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COM- POUND EMISSIONS AND WAS, UNTIL RECENTLY, IN VIOLATION OF THE FEDERALLY ENFORCEABLE INDIANA STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ( SIP ) FOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS). A. BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF THE CASE ON SEPT. 23, 1988, REGION V ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO UNIROYAL FOR VIOLATION OF INDIANA DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ( IDEM ), RULE 325 IAC 8-2-12 AT ITS MISHAWAKA, IN, VINYL COATING PLANT. IDEM RULES 325 IAC 8-2-12 AND 8-1- 1(C) ARE PART OF THE FEDERALLY APPROVED INDIANA SIP AND PART OF THE FEDERALLY APPROVED INDIANA SIP AND LIMIT THE EMISSION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM VINYL PRINTERS. THE COAT INGS USED BY UNIROYAL DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS IN 325 IAC 8-2-12, AND THE SOURCE DID NOT INSTALL CONTROL EQUIPMENT TO LIMIT EMISSIONS. UNIROYAL RECENTLY ACHIEVED COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIP REQUIREMENTS BY PERMANENTLY SHUTTING DOWN THEIR NON-COMPLIANT LINES B. PROPOSED REMEDY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE INDIANA SIP, UNIRO YAL HAS AGREED TO THE ENCLOSED CONSENT DECREE, WHICH STATES THAT THE NON-COMPLYING VINYL PRINTERS WILL REMAIN PERMANENT LY SHUT DOWN. UNIROYAL HAS ALSO AGREED TO A PENALTY FOR SET TLEMENT PURPOSES OF $40,000.

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