# B F GOODRICH CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33993`
- **Case Number:** 06-1986-0006
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $75K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- B F GOODRICH CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE VIOLATIONS UPON WHICH THE ACTION IS BASED:          1. TWENTY SIX INCIDENTS OF EMISSIONS TO THE ATMOSPHERE          FROM A VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER RECOVERY UNIT WHERE THE        EXHAUST GAS CONCENTRATIONS OF VINYL CHLORIDE WERE            GREATER THAN THE PRESCRIBED STANDARD OF 10 PPM.           2. THE PROPOSED RELIEF SOUGHT IS A MINIMUM PENALTY OF           $114,000.  NO INJUCTIVE RELIEF IS SOUGHT.  DEFENDANT HAS     INCORPORATED CERTAIN CONTROL TECHNOLOGY TO PROHIBIT          FUTURE INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE OF STANDARD.                 3. RECENT CONTACTS WITH THE DEFENDANT:                          11/27/85: EPA ISSUED SECTION 114 REQUEST.                    12/19/85: DEFENDANT RESPONDS TO SECTION 114 REQUEST.      4. DATE OF INSPECTIONS, INFORMATION RESPONSES, OR RECEIPT       OF EVIDENCE NEEDED TO INITIATE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.           12/19/85: DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE TO SECTION 114 REQUEST.       02/11/86: TECHNICAL SUPPORT DOCUMENTS REACHED REGIONAL                 COUNCIL OFFICE.                                    03/31/86: REFERRAL SIGNED BY REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR.           B.F. GOODRICH OWNS AND OPERATES A POLYVINYL CHLORIDE    (PVC) PLANT AT PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA.  THE PLANT WAS         BUILT BY DOW CHEMICAL.                                            ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1983, REGION VI TRANSMITTED TO EPA     HEADQUARTERS A LITIGATION REPORT ADDRESSING MANUAL VENT      VALVE AND RELIEF VALVE DISCHARGE VIOLATIONS OF THE VINYL     CHLORIDE STANDARDS BY THE B.F. GOODRICH C

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