# ALMOND INVESTMENT COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31600`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0253
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $50K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- ALMOND INVESTMENT COMPANY (settlement)
## Summary

THE CAA PORTION OF THIS REFERRAL ADDRESSES ALMOND'S          VIOLATIONS OF TITLE V OF THE CAA AMENDMENTS OF 1990 AND      40 C.F.R.PART 70, WHICH REQUIRE A MAJOR SOURCE TO OBTAIN A   PERMIT TO OPERATE, AND OF THE MICHIGAN STATE IMPLEMENTATION  PLAN ( MICHIGAN SIP ).  SPECIFICALLY, ALMOND IS IN VIOLAT-   IONS OF MICHIGAN SIP REGULATIONS THAT (1) REQUIRE A FACILITY TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TO INSTALL BEFORE INSTALLING A NEW        PROCESS TO THE SOURCE - MICHIGAN SIP RULE 201; (2) REQUIRE   A MAJOR OFFSET SOURCE TO INSTALL LOWEST ACHIEVABLE EMISSIONS RATE ( LAER ) TECHNOLOGY TO OBTAIN OFFSETS FOR NEW SOURCES   IN A NONATTAINMENT AREA - MICHIGAN SIP RULE 220; (3) LIMIT   EMISSIONS OF VOCS - MICHIGAN SIP RULE 621 (1); AND (4) RE-   QUIRE A FACILITY TO KEEP RECORDS OF VOC EMISSIONS - MICHIGAN SIP RULE 621(5).  ALMOND INSTALLED A THIRD PAINT COATING     LINE TO ITS FACILITY WITHOUT A PERMIT TO INSTALL.  ALMOND    INSTALLED THIS MAJOR OFFSET SOURCE WITHOUT INSTALLING CON-   TROL TECHNOLOGY CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING LAER FOR VOCS AND       WITHOUT ENSURING APPROPRIATE OFFSETS FOR VOCS.  ALMOND HAS   REPEATEDLY EXCEEDED THE EMISSION RATE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED   BY THE MICHIGAN SIP AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DAILY MONITORING  DATA WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE MICHIGAN SIP.  ADDITIONALLY,   ALMOND IS A MAJOR SOURCE WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATING THIS       THIRD UNPERMITTED PAINT COATING LINE WITHOUT OBTAINING A     PERMIT AS REQUIRED BY TITLE V AND 40 C.F.R. PART 70.         THE CWA PORTION OF THIS REFERRAL ADD

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