# ACF INDUSTRIES, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33820`
- **Case Number:** 06-1984-0035
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $35K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ACF INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SHIPPER CAR LINE, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE-  ACF INDUSTRIES OWNS AND OPERATES A FACILITY IN LONGVIEW, TEXAS THAT APPLIES INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COAT-  ING MATERIALS TO RAILCARS.  ACF IS SUBJECT TO TEXAS AIR CON- TROL BOARD (TACB) REGULATION V, SECT. 115.191(9) AND SECT.   115.194, WHICH PROVIDES IN PART THAT BASED ON A DAILY        WEIGHTED AVERAGE, VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) EMISSIONS  FROM A COATING PROCESS CANNOT EXCEED 3.5 POUNDS PER GALLON   MINUS WATER OF COATING APPLIED AS AN EXTREME PERFORMANCE     COATING.  THIS REQUIRED VOC EMISSION LIMITATION MUST HAVE    BEEN ACHIEVED BY 12/31/82.                                   ACF INDUSTRIES, BASED ON DATA SUBMITTED TO EPA IN RESPONSE   TO A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 114 OF THE CLEAN  AIR ACT (ACT), WAS FOUND TO BE EXCEEDING THE VOC EMISSION    LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THE TEXAS STATE IMPLEMENTATION      PLAN (SIP) AND CONSEQUENTLY, EPA ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLA-   TION (NOV) ON 1/30/84 TO ACF INDUSTRIES. EPA IS AUTHORIZED   BY SECTION 113 OF THE ACT TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION FOR VIO-   LATION OF AN APPLICABLE SIP MORE THAN 30 DAYS AFTER HAVING   BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE VIOLATION.  A SEC- OND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 114 CONFIRMED THAT THE VIOLATION EXTENDED MORE THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE NOV.      CAUSE OF ACTION-  SINCE NOVEMBER 1983, THERE HAS BEEN DOCU-  MENTED EVIDENCE THAT ACF HAS BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS SIP CONCERNING VOC EMISSION LIMITATIONS FROM COATING   PROCESSES.  IN ACF'S RESPONSE TO TWO

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