# TABC, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52147`
- **Case Number:** 09-1988-0021
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $485K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TABS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE STEMS FROM AN ONGOING ENFORCEMENT EFFORT BY   EPA REGION 9 UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT (THE  ACT ) INVOLVING THE   REGULATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ( VOCS ) IN AUTO-   MOTIVE PARTS COATINGS IN CALIFORNIA.  WHEN EMITTED INTO THE  ATMOSPHERE, VOCS REACT WITH OXIDES OF NITROGEN IN SUNLIGHT   TO FORM OZONE POLLUTION OR  SMOG.                                 THE FEDERALLY-ENFORCEABLE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN     ( SIP ) FOR CALIFORNIA INCLUDES SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY      MANAGEMENT DISTRIC ( SCAQMD ) RULE 1115.  THIS RULE LIMITS   THE VOC CONTENT OF COATINGS WHICH ARE APPLIED TO AUTOMOTIVE  PARTS.  THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE FINAL AND MOST STRINGENT  LIMITS CONTAINED IN RULE 1115 IS JANUARY 1, 1985.  THE       SCAQMD HAS NOT ATTAINED THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY     STANDARDS ( NAAQS ) FOR OZONE.                                    ON MAY 20, 1988, REGION 9 ISSUED AND INFORMATION DE-    MAND PURSUANT TO DETEMINE WHETHER TABC, INC. ( TABC ),       WAS COMPLYING ( THE PLANT ).  BASED ON THE RESPONSE BY TABC  TO THE JULY INFORMATION DEMAND, REGION 9 ISSUED A NOTICE OF  VIOLATION ( NOV ) TO TABC.  THIS NOV WAS ISSUED ON JULY 28,  1988.  ON AUGUST 10, 1988, REGION 9 ISSUED A SECOND INFOR-   MATION DEMAND WAS ISSUED TO DETERMINE WHETHER TABC CONTINUED TO VIOLATE RULE 1115 MORE THAN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE   NOV.  IN ADDITION, REGION 9 INSPECTORS TOOK COATINGS SAMPLES AT THE PLANT ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1988.  BOTH TABC'S RESPONSE TO THE AUGUST INFORMATION DEMAND AND ANALYSI

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