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WESTERN ROTO ENGRAVERS (WRE/COLORTECH)

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 31611

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Case

Case Number
05-1999-0268
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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Self-disclosure
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Summary

ANDRE SAUGEVIETIS HAS BEEN CHIEF COUNSEL TO THE CHROMIUM MACT WORKGROUP. VIOLATIONS OF CHROME NESHAP. WRE/COLORTECH, INC. (WRE/COLORTECH) IS A METAL PLATING FACILITY WITH HARD CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING TANKS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE CHROME PLATING NESHAP (40 C.F.R. 63.340- 347). THE FACILITY IS CONSIDERED A SMALL, AREA SOURCE AND MUST, THEREFORE, MEET THE LEAST STRINGENT OF THE EMISSION LIMITS SPECIFIED IN THE CHROME PLATING NESHAP, 0.03 MG/ DSCM. WRE/COLORTECH USES A COMPOSITE MESH PAD SCRUBBER SYSTEM (CMP) FOLLOWED BY A PRE-FILTER AND A HEPA FILTER TO CONTROL CHROMIUM EMISSIONS FROM ITS HARD CHROMIUM ELECT- ROPLATING TANKS. WRE/COLORTECH VIOLATED 40 C.F.R. PART 63 SUBPART N, 63.340- 347 (THE CHROME PLATING NESHAP). SPECIFICALLY, WRE/COLORTECH WAS CITED FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1) VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. 63.343(D) FOR FAILURE TO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN ADMINISTRATOR'S APPROVAL FOR THE FACILITY'S EMPLOYED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICE. 2) VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R 63.344(C) FOR FAILURE TO PROPERLY EMPLOY TESTING METHOD 306 OR 306(A), WHICH STATES THAT SAMPLING TIME SHALL BE AT LEAST 120 MINUTES, AND SAMPLE VOLUME SHALL BE AT LEAST 1.70 DSCM (60 DSCF). THE INITIAL COMPLIANCE TESTING WAS PERFORMED INCORRECTLY, WITH A SAMP- LING TIME OF ONLY 60 MINUTES, AND SA

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