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GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 37075

$40K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$40K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1997-0244
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 113(D) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 7413(D). 2. GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION HIGHWAY 405 P.O. BOX 629 PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA 70764 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 112 OF THE CAA BY 1) FAILING TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY EQUIPMENT (NUMEROUS LINES CONTAINING NITROGEN OR WATER WITHIN THE PROCESS UNIT WERE MISTAKENLY MARKED WITH THE BRIGHT/YELLOW PLASTIC BANDS), 2) FAILING TO COMPLY WITH STANDARDS FOR PUMPS IN LIGHT LIQUID SERVICE, AND 3) FAILING TO COMPLY WITH STANDARDS FOR OPEN-ENDED VALVES OR LINES (37 VALVES WERE FOUND OPEN ENDED WITHOUT A SECONDARY VALVE, CAP, PLUG OR OTHER CLO- SURE). 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(D) OF THE CAA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $40,000.

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