# FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35885`
- **Case Number:** 06-1995-0007
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $150K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTIONS 110, 111, 112, 113 AND 114 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT,    42 U.S.C. SECS. 7410, 7411, 7412, 7413 AND 7414; 40          C.F.R. PART 60, SUBPART A OF THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE      STANDARDS (NSPS); 40 C.F.R. PART 61, SUBPARTS A, F, V,       AND FF OF THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS      AIR POLLUTANTS (NESHAP); AND TEXAS STATE IMPLEMENTATION      PLAN (SIP) PERMITS.                                       2. FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION                                 201 FORMOSA DRIVE                                            POINT COMFORT, TEXAS 77978                                   PSD PERMIT NO. PSD-TX-226M-5 & 6                          3. FORMOSA WAS IN VIOLATION OF CAA INCLUDING RELEASES OF        VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER AS A RESULT OF INADEQUATE OPERA-      TION AND MAINTENANCE PRACTICES, IN VIOLATION OF NESHAP.      THERE WERE ALSO RECORD-KEEPING AND REPORTING VIOLATIONS      UNDER NESHAP AND UNDER THE STATE SIP PERMIT.              4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. PART 60 AND PART 61,     INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN THE FORM OF NEW PROCEDURES IS RE-       QUESTED. ALSO, A CIVIL PENALTY OF AT LEAST $2,171,947.00     IS REQUESTED.                                             5. DATE REFERRAL WAS SIGNED BY THE RA IS SEPT. 30, 1994.

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