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Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 31085

$44K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$122K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1998-0492
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

VOC FAILURE TO CAPTURE 100$ AND DESTROY 90 OF VOCS EMITTED BY 2 PRESSES IN VIOLATION OF IDEM PERMITS AND SIP. THIS CASE WAS IN RESPONSE TO CITIZEN COMPLAINTS IN AN EJ AREA. THE STATE HAD TAKEN NO ACTION IN 3 YEARS. U.S. EPA RESPONDED. THSOURCE STACK TESTED IN 1996 OUT OF COM- PLIANCE. WHEN THE US EPA RECEIVED COMPLAINTS IT WAS APRIL 1998. IN MAY 1998 US EPA INSPECTED THE SOURSE, THE COMPANY INSTALLED A NEW CONTROL DEVICE AND REQUIRED MONITORING EQUIPMENT IN JUNE AND JULY. THE SOURCE WAS REQUIRED TO TEST BY U.S>EPA IN SEPTEMBER 1998 AND AGAIN IN MARCH 1999. THE SOURCE IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE AND LATEST REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE CITIZEN ARE SATISFIED W/ THE IMPROVED CONTROL SYSTEM.

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
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