# ASHTA CHEMICALS, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33169`
- **Case Number:** 05-2001-0537
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $240K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $5K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- ASHTA CHEMICALS, INC. (settlement)
## Summary

THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES VIOLATIONS OF THE FOLLOWING CAA AND    CAA APPROVED OHIO SIP REQUIREMENTS:  OAC 3745-31-02 (SIP     RULE REQUIRING COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERMIT-TO-INSTALL, WHICH  REQUIRED INSTALLING AND OPERATING A BAGHOUSE); OAC 3745-17-  09 (SIP RULE REQUIRING RACM); 40 C.F.R. 52.23 (REQUIRING    COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERMIT EMISSION LIMIT); OAC 3745-17-11   (SIP RULE REQUIRING COMPLIANCE WITH THE ANHYDROUS POTASSIUM  CARBONATE PROCESS INDUSTRIAL MASS EMISSION RATE); 40 C.F.R.  61.55(B)(4) (REQUIRING MONITORING AND RECORD KEEPING), AND; 40 C.F.R. 61.12 (REQUIRING GOOD AIR POLLUTION CONTROL       PRACTICES).  THE COMPLAINT ALSO ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING FIFRA  VIOLATIONS: SECTION 12(A)(2)(L) (PRODUCING PESTICIDE IN AN   UNREGISTERED ESTABLISHMENT); SECTION 12(A)(2)(B) AND 40      C.F.R. 169.2(A) (FAILING TO PREPARE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS);  TWO COUNTS OF SECTION 12(A)(1)(E) AND 40 C.F.R. 1156.10(1A)  (5) (FALSE, MISLEADING AND  MISBRANDED PESTICIDE PRODUCTS);  SECTION 7(C)(1) AND 40 C.F.R. PART 167, SUBPART E (REQUIRING ANNUAL PESTICIDE REPORTS FOR YEARS 1996, 1997 AND 1998).     COMPLAINT FILED 6/13/01.  MOTION FOR EXTENSION TO ANSWER     FILED; EXTENSION GRANTED TO AUGUST 17, 2001.

---
*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*