# CYTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37271`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0441
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $132K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CYTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 113 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), 42 U.S.C. SEC-     TION 7413.                                                2. CYTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.                                       10800 RIVER ROAD                                             WAGGAMAN, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA 70094               3. AN AIR INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AT THE CYTEC INDUSTRIES,     INC. FORTIER PLANT, WAGGAMAN, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA    FACILITY, ON JUL. 23 THROUGH JUL. 25,, 1996. THE LA. DEPT    OF ENV. QUALITY (LDEQ) WAS ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE       INSPECTION BUT DECLINED. THE RESULTS OF THE INSPECTION       WERE SENT TO THE LDEQ BY THE EPA INSPECTOR. FOLLOWING THE    INSPECTION AND REVIEW OF RECORDS PROVIDED BY CYTEC, EPA      FOUND VIOLATIONS OF THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR      ORGANIC HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS, ALSO KNOWN AS HAZARDOUS    ORGANIC NESHAPS (HON) AND STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR       NEW STATIONARY SOURCES OR NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STAND-      ARDS (NSPS). THE VIOLATIONS WERE 1) FAILING TO EQUIP EACH    OPEN-ENDED VALVE OR LINE WITH A CAP, BLIND FLANGE, PLUG,     OR A SECONDVALVE, 2) FAILING TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE IN-       FORMATION REQUIRED IN THE NOTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE STA-    TUS REPORT FOR THE ACRYLAMIDE UNIT, ACRYLONITRILE UNIT,      ACRYLONITRILE UNIT, ACRYLONITRILE TANK FARM, METHANOL        UNIT, METHANOL TANK FARM, AND METHYL METHACRYLATE UNIT,      3) FAILING TO REPAIR A DETECTED LEAK FROM PUMP T-5 IN THE    METHYL METHACRYLATE UNIT NO LATER

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