# B F GOODRICH/GOODYEAR
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33761`
- **Case Number:** 06-1983-0018
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $395K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- B.F. GOODRICH (complaint) (settlement)
- GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE                                                  BF GOODRICH, OPERATES A BULK OR MASS TYPE POLYVINYL     CHLORIDE PLANT IN PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA.  THE PLANT WAS      ORIGINALLY BUILT BY DOW CHEMICAL, BUT WAS OWNED BY GOODYEAR  WHEN THE VINYL CHLORIDE REGULATIONS WERE PROMULGATED.        EMISSIONS FROM THE FACILITY ARE SUBJECT TO THE NATIONAL      EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (NESHAP)     PROGRAM, 40 CFR PART 61.  REGION 6 REQUESTS CIVIL PENALTIES  PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(B) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 42 USC      7413(B).                                                       CAUSE OF ACTION                                                 THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARD FOR VINYL CHLORIDE, 40   CFR 61.60 ET SEQ. WAS PROMULGATED OCTOBER 21, 1976.  AMONG   OTHER THINGS, THE REGULATIONS PROHIBIT DISCHARGE FROM        MANUAL VENT VALVES ON PVC REACTORS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES    (40 CFR 61.64(A)(3)); PROHIBIT DISCHARGE FROM RELIEF VALVES  (AND RUPTURE DISCS), EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES (40 CFR 61.65    (A)); REQUIRE REPORTING OF SUCH DISCHARGES WITHIN TEN DAYS;  AND PROHIBIT DISCHARGE OF EXHAUST GASES FROM VARIOUS EQUIP-  MENT AND PROCESSES IN CONCENTRATIONS GREATER THAN 10 PPM.    REGION 6 HAS DETERMINED THAT THIRTY-FIVE DISCHARGES, TOTAL-  LING 55,400 POUNDS VINYL CHLORIDE, WERE VIOLATIONS OF 40     CFR 61.65(A), AND FOUR DISCHARGES WERE VIOLATIONS OF THE     10 PPM STANDARD.  IN ADDITION, EACH DEFENDANT FAILED TO RE-  PORT A MANUAL VENT DISCHARGE WITHIN TE

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