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FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 38243

$25K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$5K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1998-0551
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 113(D) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 7413(D). 2. FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION P.O. BOX 271 (GULF STATES ROAD) BATON ROUGE, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA 70821 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 112 OF THE CAA BY (1) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PVC REACTOR REQUIREMENTS FOR EXHAUST GAS STREAMS, (2) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REQUIRE- MENTS FOR MANUAL VENTING OF GASES, (3) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH EMISSIONS FOR ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE, VINYL CHLORIDE, AND POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PLANTS, (4) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LEAK DETECTION AND ELIMINATION REQUIREMENTS, (5) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH EMISSIONS TESTING REQUIREMENTS, AND (6) VIOLATING THE HON STANDARDS FOR OPEN-ENDED VALVES OR LINES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(D) OF THE CAA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $37,647 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

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