# DOW CHEMICAL USA, LA DIVISION
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33818`
- **Case Number:** 06-1984-0032
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $38K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DOW CHEMICAL USA (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DOW CHEMICAL, U.S.A. OWNS AND OPERATES A LARGE CHEMICAL      COMPLEX IN PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA, WHICH INCLUDES THREE       SOURCES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO 40 CFR PART 61, SUBPART F OF     THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARD FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS  (NESHAP) FOR VINYL CHLORIDE:  (1) AN ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE     (EDC) PLANT USING PURE OXYGEN OXYHYDROCHLORINATION PROCESS;  (2) A VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER (VCM) PLANT (VINYL II).  COW    HAS A SECOND EDC FACILITY THAT SUPPLIES EDC TO VINYL I, BUT  THE EDC IS MADE BY DIRECT CHLORINATION OF ETHYLENE WITH      CHLORINE AND IS NOT COVERED BY THE EMISSION STANDARD FOR     VINYL CHLORIDE.                                              CAUSE OF ACTION                                                    FROM JANUARY, 1977 TO OCTOBER 14, 1983 (THE DATE OF    THE FINAL NESHAP DELEGATION TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF   ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, LDEQ), DOW CHEMICAL U.S.A. REPORTED   31 DISCHARGES TOTALING 61,776 LBS. OF VINYL CHLORIDE (VC).   FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 14, 1983 TO PRESENT, DOW HAS       REPORTED FOUR DISCHARGES TOTALING 1125 LBS. TO LDEQ UNDER 77 .6(A) AND 76.18 OF THE LESHAP REGUALTIONS.  UNDER THE TERMS  OF THE FINAL NESHAP DELEGATION, AS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL  REGISTER, ALL INFORMATION PURSUANT TO 40 CFR PART 61 WAS     SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE STATE AGENCY.  TWO OF THE REPORTED DISCHARGES WERE RELIEF VALVE DISCHARGES, ONE WAS SUBJECT TO  THE 10 PPM STANDARD, AND ONE WAS FOUND NOT TO BE SUBJECT TO  THE LESHAP STANDARD.  IN ALL INSTANC

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