# OLIN CHEMICALS/ARCO CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37090`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0259
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $150K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARCO CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- OLIN CHEMICALS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 113 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), 42 U.S.C. SEC-     TION 42 U.S.C. 7413.                                      2. OLIN CHEMICAL COMPANY/ARCO                                   LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA                                   3. FOLLOWING AN INSPECTION OF THE OLIN CHEMICAL COMPANY LAKE    CHARLES, LA. FACILITY ON SEPT. 3-5, 1996, EPA FOUND VIO-     LATIONS OF THE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATION-     ARY SOURCES ( NSPS ). AS RESULT OF THIS INSPECTION EPA       FOUND THAT OLIN HAD FAILED TO PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICA-      TION AND REPORTS OF VARIOUS EVENTS, FAILED TO CONDUCT        TESTS FOR FLARES THAT ACT AS CONTROL EQUIPMENT FOR           SOURCES SUBJECT TO NSPS REGULATIONS, FAILED TO REQUEST       FROM EPA AN ALTERNATIVE MONITORING METHOD FOR CONTROL E-     QUPMENT IN NSPS SERVICE, AND FAILED TO FOLLOW REQUIRED E-    QUIPMENT STANDARDS FOR EQUIPMENT SUBJECT TO THE NATIONAL     EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS. THIS        CASE INVOLVES VIOLATION OF THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE        STANDARDS (40 CFR 60) AT SUBPARTS NNN, RRR, AND A AND        SUBPART H OF THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARD-     OUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES (40 CFR 63).        ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR EXCESS EMISSIONS ARE MINIMAL      DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS, THE VIOLATIONS ARE      CONSIDERED SERIOUS SINCE THEY UNDERMINE EPA'S REGULATORY     SCHEME REGARDING THE NSPS AND NESHAP PROGRAMS. THE VIOLA-    TIONS ARE 1) FAILING TO REQUEST F

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