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MR. JAMES PIERCE D/B/A J & M AUTO SERVICE

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 37995

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Case

Case Number
06-1998-0301
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Summary

1. SECTION 113(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 7413(A)(3). 2. MR. JAMES PIERCE D/B/A J & M AUTO SERVICE 2166 GRAPE STREET ABILENE, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS 79601 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 609 OF THE CAA BY PERFORMING AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF R-134A RETROFITS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AIR CONDITIONERS (MVACS) AND REPAIRED AND/ OR SERVICED AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF MVACS THAT INVOLVED R-134A WITHOUT THE STATUTORILY REQUIRED REFRIGERANT RE- CYCLING EQUIPMENT AT THE FACILITY. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(A)(3) OF THE CAA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER (ACO) TO THE RESPONDENT. THE ACO ORDERS THE RESPONDENT TO: 1) WITH IN 10 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACO, RESPONDENT SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN ANY OF THE SERVICE AND/OR REPAIR AC- TIVITIES INVOLVING ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANTS UNLESS AND UNTIL RESPONDENT COMPLIES WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OP- TIONS, 2) BY MAY 30, 1998, RESPONDENT SHALL DEMONSTRATE ITS COMPLIANCE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: A) PURCHASE APPROVED RECYCLING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED, PROVIDE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION THAT IT HAS PURCHASED THE REQUIRED EQUIP- MENT, AND A STATEMENT VERIFYING THAT THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY AND IS FUNCTION- ING PROPERLY; OR B) PROVIDE EPA A

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