# GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP FT. WORTH DIV.
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34007`
- **Case Number:** 06-1986-0021
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $350K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. FT. WORTH DIV. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

GENERAL DYNAMICS OPERATES AIR FORCE PLANT #4 IN FT WORTH, TX WHICH IS OWNED BY THE US AIR FORCE.  AS THE FACILITY CON-    TRACTOR, GD ASSEMBLES AND PAINTS THE F-16, A SINGLE-ENGINE   FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.  GD ALSO PERFORMS RENOVATION WORK ON       F111'S, WHICH INCLUDES UPGRADING THE AIRCRAFT'S AVIONICS     SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITIES.  PLANT OPERA-   TIONS SUBJECT GD TO TEXAS STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REGULA-  TIONS, WHICH RESTRICT THE CONCENTRATION OF THE VOLATILE OR-  GANIC COMPOUNDS ALLOWED TO BE CONTAINED IN COATING USED FOR  MISCELLANEOUS METAL PARTS (REGULATION V, RULE 115.191(9).    THESE REGULATIONS WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE TX SIP UNDER    REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPART D OF THE CAA.  THE FOLLOWING EXTREME PERFORMANCE COATINGS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SIP LIMITS.                                           *                                                            *                          SIP LIMIT     VOC CONTENT         * GD COATING              (LBS/GALLON)   (LBS/GALLON)        *                                                            ADHESIVE PRIMER             3.5         6.5                  ADHESIVE TOUCH-UP           3.5          6.3                 PRC PRIMER (SOLVENT-BSD)    3.5          4.9                 MASKANT                     3.5          6.6                 *                                                            THE VIOLATIONS OF THE SIP LIMITS IN THE OPERATION OF THE PRC PRIMER (HIGH-SOLVENT PRIMERS) AND MA

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