COMPANY FAILED TO INSTALL VOLATILE ORGANIC MATERIAL CAPTURE AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT ON ITS FOUNDRY SAND MANUFACTURING PROCESS TO ACHIEVE AN OVERALL REDUCTION IN VOM EMISSIONS OF AT LEAST 81%. BORDEN EXCEEDED LIMITS ON FEDERALLY ENFORCEABLE STATE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) EMISSIONS FROM ITS FOUNDRY SAND MANUFACTURING PROCESS. SINCE JANUARY 1992, BORDEN FAILED TO REDUCE VOC EMISSIONS BY 81 PERCENT, AS REQUIRED BY REGULATIONS. THE PLANT IS IN METROPOLITAN CHICAGO, WHICH DOES NOT MEET HEALTH-BASED STANDARDS FOR OZONE, A BYPRODUCT OF VOC'S. THE PLANT EVENTUALLY INSTALLED POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND TESTED IN COMPLIANCE AND AGREED TO PAY A PENALTY.