# GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37075`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0244
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $40K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $40K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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