The U.S. Department of Justice and the State of Indiana, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, respectively, have settled a civil action with Metalworking Lubricants Company (MLC), a used oil processing facility located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The settlement resolves alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and MLC?s Federally Enforceable State Operating Permit (FESOP).
Summary of Alleged Violations
? MLC violated its FESOP by emitting more than 24 tons per year of organic hazardous air pollutants from its used oil processing facility.
? MLC violated its FESOP by failing to operate its air pollution control equipment, i.e., a Scrubber, at specific times when its oil processing tanks were in operation.
? MLC violated its FESOP by failing to determine the sulfur, organic compound, and organic hazardous compound content of each shipment of incoming waste oil using the required test methods and procedures.
? MLC violated its FESOP by failing to respond when the pressure drop across its Scrubber deviated from the required pressure drop range.
? MLC violated its FESOP by failing to keep Scrubber pressure drop logs.
? MLC violated federal rules pertaining to off-site waste operations when it began emitting or having the potential to emit 10 tons per year of a single hazardous air pollutant or 25 tons per year of any combination of hazardous air pollutants.
? MLC violated Federally Enf