# B.F. GOODRICH/GEON CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28617`
- **Case Number:** 05-1993-1500
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $450K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- B.F. GOODRICH CO, AKRON, OH (complaint) (settlement)
- GEON COMPANY, CLEVELAND  , OH (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CASE ALLEGES THAT B.F. GOODRICH COMPANY (B.F. GOODRICH)  AND THE GEON                                                 COMPANY (GEON) ARE LIABLE FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN AIR    ACT, 42 U>S>C>                                               SS7412 AND 7414, AND THE REGULATIONS OF THE NATIONAL         EMISSION STANDARD                                            FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR VINYL CHLORIDE (VC NESHAP), 40 C.F.R.                                                    S61.60-.71. (SUBPART F).                                     THIS REFERRAL INVOLVES FOUR TYPES OF SIGNIFICANT VIOLATIONS  OF THE VC                                                    NESHAP AT A POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PLANT IN HENRY, ILLINOIS      (HENRY                                                       FACILITY).  B.F. GOODRICH WAS THE SOLE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE HENRY                                                    FACILITY DURING THE TIME OF THE VIOLATIONS.  HOWEVER, B.F.   GOODRICH'S                                                   FORMER GEON VINYL DIVISION HAS SINCE FORMED INTO A NEW AND   SEPARATE                                                     COMPANY, GEON, AND ACQUIRED ASSETS AND LIABILITIES RELATING  TO THE                                                       VIOLATING PROCESSES AT THE HENRY FACILITY.                   THE FIRST TYPE OF VIOLATIONS ARE PREVENTABLE RELIEF VALVE    DISCHARGES                                                   (RVD) OF VINYL CHLORIDE ON 5 DATES F

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