On September 5, 2024, a Consent Agreement and Final Order entered into by the EPA and Jeff s Auto Body and Recycling Center, Inc. ( Respondent ) was filed with the Regional Hearing Clerk settling alleged violations of the CAA. The violations were discovered as a result of an investigation into activities at Respondent's auto body shop and recycling center located at 5446 Snydertown Road in Paxinos, Pennsylvania ( Facility ) where it was determined that Respondent s recycling center operates an aluminum smelter or sweat furnace that is subject to area source requirements of the Secondary Aluminum Production NESHAP, 40 CFR Part 63 subpart RRR ( Secondary Aluminum Production NESHAP ). It was further determined that Respondent failed to (1) conduct annual afterburner inspections, (2) conduct annual sweat furnace inspections involving visual smoke tests demonstrating negative air flow, (3) operate a continuous temperature monitoring device on its sweat furnace afterburner that measured temperature in 15-minute block averages, or (4) operate the afterburner at or above 16000F, as required by the Secondary Aluminum Production NESHAP codified at 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart RRR in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Respondent has since represented and documented that its sweat furnace has been dismantled and no longer in use The Facility is not located in an area of potential EJ concern. This case seeks to ensure that facilities that work with hazardous air pollutants comply with applicable emi