# TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52851`
- **Case Number:** 09-1997-0154
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $430K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $500K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

TIMET OWNS AND OPERATES A TITANIUM MANUFACTORING FACILITY.   IN NOVEMBER 1993 TIMET STARTED UP A CARBON MONOXIDE BURNER   TO CONTROL CO EMISSIONS AT THE FACILITY.  THE USE OF         THE CO BURNER CAUSED AN INCREASE OF SO2 EMMISSIONS OF        APPROXIMATELY 500 TPV.  TIMET SHOULD HAVE OBTAINED           A PSD PERMIT FOR THE INCREASED SO2 EMISSIONS, AND            SHOULD HAVE MET AN EMISSION LIMIT ACHIEVED THROUGH           BEST AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGHY, PRIOR TO START-UP        OF THE CO BURNER.                                            REGION 9 SEEKS TO RECOVER A PENALTY FOR TIMET'S FAILURE      TO MEET THE BACT EMISSION LIMIT. TIMET RECEIVED A            PERMIT ON AUGUST 1, 1997.  THE PERMIT SETS A BACT LIMIT,     BUT DOES NOT CLEARLY SET A TIME FRAME FOR MEETING THE        LIMIT.  REGION 9 SEEKS TO REQUIRE IMPLMENTATION OF BACT      BY WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIME FRAME.  (TIMET IS A SUBSIDIARY    OF TITANIUM METALS COPORATION.)

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