# AAR BROOKS & PERKINS CORP.
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29000`
- **Case Number:** 05-1994-0401
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AAR BROCKS & PERKINS CORP. (complaint)
## Summary

THE COMPANY EMITTED VOC'S IN EXCESS OF PERMIT LIMITS     FROM OCTOBER                                                 1990 THROUGH MAY 1992.  A MARCH 1993 STOCK TEST ALSO SHOWED  VIOLATIONS                                                   OF THE VOC PERMIT LIMITS.  THE COMPANY MANUFACTURE           CONTAINERS FOR THE                                           MILITARY, AND CLAIMS THAT THE VIOLATIONS AT ISSUE WERE DUE   TO ITS                                                       PRODUCTION DEMANDS ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATION DESERT STORM.   THE AAR CADILLAC FACILITY PRODUCES PRODUCTS USED FOR         AIRBORNE CARGO                                               TRANSPORT, INCLUDING PALLETS AND CONTAINERS.  THESE PRODUCTS ARE                                                          PRIMARILY USED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMED SERVICES.  THE     COMPANY IS THE                                               SOLE SUPPLIER OF CERTAIN TYPES OF PALLETS TO THE AIR FORCE.  AAR'S                                                        FACILITY CONTAINS AN ADHESIVE SPRAY BOOTH WHERE ADHESIVE IS  APPLIED TO                                                   ONE SIDE OF THE TWO ALUMINUM SHEETS THAT MAKE-UP A PALLET.   ON DECEMBER                                                  9, 1993, U.S. EPA REGION 5 ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO   AAR FOR                                                      EMITTING VOC'S INTO THE AMBIENT AIR, IN EXCESS OF THE        LIMITATION SE                           

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