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QUALITY WALLCOVERING INC

Judicial · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3864

$25K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
02-1990-0131
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-1519
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

PRE-REFERRAL SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CAA 42 USC SECT 7401 AND THE NEW JERSEY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. AN EPA INSPECTION ON JANUARY 24, 1990 FOUND THAT THE COAT- INGS BEING APPLIED BY QUALITY WALLCOVERING HAD VOLATILE FRACTIONS THAT EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE, AND FRACTIONS OF SOLIDS THAT WERE WELL BELOW THE MINIMUM ALLOWABLE. QUAL- ITY HAS NO FORM OF EQUIPMENT TO CAPTURE OR CONTROL THE VOS THAT IS EMITTED DURING THE DRYING OF ITS COATING MATERIALS. IT IS THEREFORE IN VIOLATION OF BOTH THE STATE AND EPA ENFORCEABLE VERSION OF THE NJSIP SECTION 16.5 INJUNCTIVE RELIEF: QUALITY MUST OBTAIN APPROPRIATE PER- MITS AND INSTALL, TEST AND OPERATE INCINERATOR IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW JERSEY SIP. PENALTIES CALCULATED TOTAL $165,000. DOJ TRANSFER OF FUNDS INDICATES $5,000 RECEIVED ON 02/22/93. DOJ TRANSFER OF FUNDS INDICATES $5,000 RECEIVED ON 10/21/93.

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