# THALMES RACINE, D/B/A RACINE AUTO REPAIR
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38021`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0327
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- THALMES RACINE (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 113(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), 42 U.S.C.    SECTION 7413(A)(3).                                       2. THALMAS RACINE, D/B/A/ RACINE AUTO REPAIR                    617 PINE STREET                                              ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA 71301               3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF 609 OF THE CAA BY PERFORM-    ING SERVICE AND/OR REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLE AIR CONDITION-    ERS (MVACS), INCLUDING RETROFITTING CARS TO USE R-134A       REFRIGERANT, AND INVOLVING MORE THAN JUST  TOPPING OFF       R-134A REFRIGERANT IN MVACS, WITHOUT THE REQUIRED R-134A     RECYCLING EQUIPMENT AT ITS FACILITY.                      4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(A)(3), EPA ISSUED      AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER TO THE RESPONDENT. THE    ORDER REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT TO: 1) WITHIN 10 DAYS OF       THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ACO, RESPONDENT SHALL NOT EN-      GAGE IN ANY REPAIR AND/OR SERVICE ACTIVITIES INVOLVING       ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANTS UNTIL RESPONDENT COMPLIES WITH      ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS; 2) BY MAY 30, 1998, RESPON-    DENT SHALL DEMONSTRATE ITS COMPLIANCE IN ONE OF THE FOL-     LOWING WAYS: A) RESPONDENT SHALL PURCHASE APPROVED RE-       CYCLING EQUIPMENT, PROVIDE EPA WITH WRITTEN VERIFICATION     THAT THE REQUIPMENT HAS BEEN PURCHASED, AND A STATEMENT      VERIFYING THAT EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT FACILITY      AND IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY; OR B) PROVIDE EPA A SWORN       STATEMENT WHICH DETAILS ANY AGREE

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