# OLD QUAKER PAINT
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52130`
- **Case Number:** 09-1988-0004
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $35K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- OLD QUAKER PAINT COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE STEMS FROM AN ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE BY EPA      REGION 9 UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( THE ACT ) INVOLVING THE   REGULATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ( VOCS ) IN         ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS IN CALIFORNIA.  VOCS, WHEN EMITTED    INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, REACT WITH SUNLIGHT TO FORM OZONE       POLLUTION OR  SMOG .                                           THE FEDERALLY-ENFORCEABLE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN        ( SIP ) FOR CALIFORNIA CONTAINS RULES IN APPROXIMATELY       TWENTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS WHICH PROHIBIT THE    SALE OR USE OF NON-FLAT NON-SPECIALTY ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS WITH A VOC CONTENT IN EXCESS OF 250 GRAMS PER LITER ( GPL ). THE COMPLIANCE DATES IN THESE RULES VARY BY DISTRIC, RANGING FROM SEPTEMEBER 1980 TO SEPTEMBER 1986.  A COMPLETE LIST OF  THE RELEVANT DISTRICT RULES AND THEIR EFFECTIVE DATES IS     INCLUDED AS ATTACHMENT A.  (MANY OF THESE RULES HAVE BEEN    REVISED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICTS AND SUBMITTED TO EPA FOR      INCLUSION IN THE SIP.  THE REGULATORY STATUS OF THE RULES    AND ANY REVISIONS IS DISCUSEED BELOW AT SECTION IV(D).)        ON JUNE 9, 1987, EPA REGION 9 ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION ( NOV ) TO OLD QUAKER PAINT COMPANY ( OLD QUAKER ) FOR       VIOLATIONS OF THE THE ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS RULES IN THE    SIP IN VARIOUS AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICS IN CALIFORNIA. SPECIFICALLY, THE NOV STATED THAT OLD QUAKER WAS SELLING     AND/OR OFFERING FOR SALE IN THREE OF THESE DISTRICTS NON-    FLAT ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS WHICH CONT

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