# AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY (LEDERLE LAB'S DIV)
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3813`
- **Case Number:** 02-1990-0072
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $625K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMERICAN CYANAMD COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

LITIGATION REFERRAL CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT BY AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, LEDERLE LABORATORIES       DIVISION.                                                      SECTION 165 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 42U.S.C. SECTION 7475,   PROHIBITS CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR EMITTING FACILITY WITH-    OUT A PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION ( PSD ) PERMIT IN ALL AREAS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF PART C OF THE    CLEAN AIR ACT.  40 C.F.R. SECTION 52.21(I) PROHIBITS THE     INITIATION OF CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT A PSD PERMIT.               40 C.F.R. PART 60, SUBPART GG IS THE NEW SOURCE PERFOR-    MANCE STANDARD FOR STATINARY GAS TURBINES PROMULGATED PUR-   SUANT TO C.F.R. SECTION 60.7 REQUIRES NOTIFICATION OF CON-   STURCTION OF A SOURCE SUBJECT TO A NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE    STANDARD.  40 C.F.R. SECTION 60.7 WASPROMULGATED PURSUANT    TO SECTION 114 OF THE ACT, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 7414.             ON NOV, 4, 1988 AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, LEDERLE LAB'S   DIVISION ( LEDERLE ), INITIATED CONSTRUCTION OF A PSD AND    NSPS AFFECTED FACILITY PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A PSD PERMIT AND  WITHOUT NOTIFICATION TO THE NEW YORK STATE ( NYSDEC )   OR EPA OF THE CONSTRUCTION. LEDERLE HAD APPLIED FOR A PSD    PERMIT IN JULY 1988 AND KNEW, IN DECEMBER 1987, THAT THE     SOURCE TO CONSTRUCTED WAS SUBJECT TO NSPS.  A PSD PERMIT WAS ISSUED BY NYSDEC ON AUGUST 15, 1989 HOWEVER THE FINAL PERMIT DECISION WAS APPEALED BY EPA-REGION II.  THE REGION'S APPEAL STAYED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PERMIT

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