# CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF STATE PRINTING
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52662`
- **Case Number:** 09-1996-0044
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $321K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF STATE PRINTING (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REGION IX REFERRED A CIVIL ENFORCEMENT CASE AGAINST        CALIFORNIA'S OFFICE OF STATE PRINTING TO THE DEPARTMENT      OF JUSTICE, TO ADDRESS OPS'S NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF          THE CLEAN AIR ACT, CLEAN WATER ACT, AND RCRA.  OSP IS AN     OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE       GOVERNMENT AND IS LOCATED IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, AN      AREA WHICH IS CLASSIFIED AS  SEVERE  NONATTAINMENT FOR       OZONE.  OSP CURRENTLY OPERATES 30 LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING      PRESSES, ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO AIR EMISSIONS FROM       THE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINED IN THE INKS,        FOUNTAIN SOLUTIONS, AND CLEANING SOLUTIONS.  AIR             EMISSIONS ALSO OCCUR FROM OSP'S IMPROPER STORAGE OF RAGS     THAT ARE LADEN WITH USED INK AND SOLVENT.  IN ADDITION TO    THESE AIR EMISSIONS, OSP'S PRINTING OPERATIONS ALSO          GENERATE LIQUID WASTES OF INK AND SOLVENT, WHICH ARE POURED  INTO 55-GALLON DRUMS BEFORE MOVED TO OSP'S WASTE             ACCUMULATION AREA.                                             OSP'S CLEAN AIR ACT VIOLATIONS ARE BASED ON ITS FAILURE    TO COMPLY WITH FOUR SIP RULES; SPECIFICALLY, OSP (I) FAILED  TO OBTAIN PRECONSTRUCTION PERMITS AND APPLY THE BEST         AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY TO 37 MODIFICATIONS, (II)       FAILED TO OBTAIN OFFSETS FOR 19 OF THESE 37 MODIFICATIONS,   (III) EXCEEDED THE VOC EMISSION LIMITS OF TWO SIP RULES      FOR A TOTAL OF 308 DAYS OF VIOLATION, (IV) FAILED TO STORE   VOC WASTE AND VOC-CONTAINING CLOTH AND

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