# STYROTECH, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27660`
- **Case Number:** 05-1991-0064
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $40K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- STYROTECH, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

STYROTECH HAS VIOLATED THE REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTION OF     SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION OF AIR QUALITY (PSD) 40 CFR        SECTION 52.21; AND THE MINNESOTA STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN   (SIP).                                                       -                                                            THIS REFERRAL IS BASED ON AN INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY U.S.    EPA ON 2/20/90 WHICH VERIFIED REPORTS FROM THE MINNESOTA     POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY THAT STYROTECH HAD BEGUN ACTUAL     CONSTRUCTION AND WAS OPERATING ITS MINNEAPOLIS FACILITY IN   VIOLATION OF THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS REQUIRING PRECONSTRUC TION PERMITS:  MINNESOTA RULES 6 MCAR 4.4003 AND 6 MCAR      4.4303, WHICH ARE PART OF THE FEDERALLY APPROVED MINNESOTA   SIP AND SECTION 52.21(I) OF THE PSD REGULATIONS.  U.S.EPA'S  ESTIMATE OF STYROTECH'S POTENTIAL TO EMIT,INDICATES THAT THE FACILITY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EMIT 250 TONS/YEAR OR MORE OF  PENTANE, AND IS, THEREFORE, SUBJECT TO THE PSD AND SIP REGS. IN ORDER TO SETTLE THIS MATTER, STYROTECH MUST OBTAIN AN     EMISSIONS PERMIT WHICH LIMITS STYROTECH'S POTENTIAL EMISSION PERMIT WHICH LIMITS STYROTECH'S POTENTIAL EMISSIONS TO LESS  THAN 250 TONS/YEAR AND PAY A CIVIL PENALTY OF AT LEAST       $101,000.                                                    -                                                            A NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NOV) WAS ISSUED TO STYROTECH ON 6/29/ 90.  A CONFERENCE WAS HELD WITH STYROTECH AT U.S.EPA,        REGION V, ON 7/26/90 TO DISCUSS THE 

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