EPA issued a CAFO to Integrity Biofuels, LLC. (Integrity), Morristown, Indiana to resolve violations regarding the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources (NSPS) for General Provisions at 40 C.F.R. 60.1 through 60.19 (Subpart A); NSPS for Equipment Leaks of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in the Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) for which construction, reconstruction, or modification commenced after November 7, 2006, at 40 C.F.R 60.480a through 60.489a (Subpart VVa); Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions From SOCMI Distillation Operations at 40 C.F.R. 60.660 through 60.668 (Subpart NNN); and Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions From SOCMI Reactor Processes at 40 C.F.R. 60.700 through 60.708 (Subpart RRR).
Integrity violated NSPS NNN rules in addition to the NSPS RRR rules by failing to prove that it complied with one of the three alternative emissions reduction requirements, failing to comply with the monitoring of emissions and operations, and failing to comply with the performance testing requirements that apply to each distillation unit and reactor process. Lastly, Integrity failed to implement the LDAR requirements specified in NSPS Subpart VVa.
The CAFO is issued concurrently with an Administrative Consent Order seeking injunctive relief appropriate and necessary to bring the facility into compliance with the NSPS violations listed above. This CAFO requires Integrity to pay a penalty of $ 24,130.00, and resolve