# RICHMOND TANK CAR COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34008`
- **Case Number:** 06-1986-0022
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $12K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- RICHMOND TANK CAR COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

RICHMOND TANK CAR CO OPERATES A RAILCAR COATING FACILITY IN  HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.  THIS FACILITY COATS THE IN-  TERIORS AND EXTERIORS OF RAILCARS AND STENCILS SOME OF       THESE CARS.                                                  *                                                            RTC'S RAILCAR COATING PROCESS FACILITY IS SBJECT TO TACB     REGULATION V, 115.191(9)(A)(III) AND 115.194.  RULE 115.191  (9) PRESCRIBES THE MAX AMOUNT OF VOC EMISSIONS ALLOWED FROM  THE EXTREME PERFORMANCE SURFACE COATING PROCESS.  THIS REGU- LATION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY EPA AS PART OF THE SIP FOR TX.   *                                                            ON 9/19/84, EPA CONTRACTOR PEDCO ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. IN-     SPECTED RTC'S HOUSTON FACILITY TO DETERMINE ITS COMPLIANCE   WITH REGULATION V, 115.191(9)(A)(III).  ALTHOUGH NO DAILY    COATING DATA WAS PROVIDED BY RTC, PROCESS OBSERVATIONS AND   PLANT INFO SUPPLIED TO THE INSPECTORS INDICATED THAT THE FAC ILITY WAS SUBJECT TO REGULATION V.  SUBSEQUENT COATING DATA  WAS SUPPLIED TO EPA ON 6/13/85, IN RESPONSE TO AN INFORMA-   TION SUPPLIED BYRTC IN 4/86, IT IS EVIDENT THAT RTS WAS IN   VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABLE TEXAS SIP REGULATION FOR MORE    THAN 30 DAYS AFTER EPA'S NOV.                                *                                                            REGION 6 PROPOSES THAT A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF      $75,000 BE ASSESSED AGAINST RTC. FURTHER, IF RTC HAS NOT     OBTAINED COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRE

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