# GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP. #1
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33766`
- **Case Number:** 06-1983-0023
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GEORGIA PACIFIC CORP. (complaint)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                        GEORGIA-PACIFIC (THE CO) OWNS AND OPERATES A FACILITY IN   PLAQUEMINE, LA. WHICH MANUFACTURES ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE (EDC) AND VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMERS (VCM) AND POLYVINYL CHLORIDE     (PVC).  EMISSIONS FROM THE EDC/VCM AND PVC FACILITIES ARE    SUBJECT OT EHT NAT'L EMISSION STANTDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR   POLLUTANTS (NESHAP), 40 CFR PART 61.  CIVIL SUIT FOR         PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IF REQUESTED PURSUANT TO     SECTION 113(B)(3) AND (B)(4) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT.                CAUSE OF ACTION                                           THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARD FOR VINYL CHLORIDE, 40 CFR  61.60 ET SEQ. WAS PROMULGATED ON 10/21/76.  AMONG OTHER      THINGS, THE REGULATIONS PROHIBIT VINYL CHLORIDE (VC) DIS-    CHARGES FROM ANY RELIEF VALVE IN VC SERVICE EXCEPT FOR       EMERGENCIES; REQUIRE REPORTING OF RELIEF VALVE DISCHARGES    WITHIN 10 DAYS AND OTHER EXCESS VINYL CHLORIDE EMISSIONS     SEMIANUALLY; LIMIT VC EMISSIONS FROM EQUIPMENT USED IN EDC   PURIFICATION AND IN VC FORMATION AND PURIFICATION TO 10 PPM; AND LIMIT, TO 10 PPM, VC EMISSIONS REMOVED FROM INPROCESS    WASTEWATER OR DURING EQUIPMENT OPENING AND DUCTED THROUGH A  CONTROL SYSTEM.                                                SINCE THE VC STANDARD BECAME EFFECTIVE, 78 VC DISCHARGES,  TOTALING MORE THAN 86,379 LBS. OF VC, HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND REVIEWED.  71 OF THESE 78 VC DISCHARGES, TOTALING MORE THAN  85,983 LBS OF VC, ARE CONSIDERED TO BE VI

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