# Shintech, Inc.
> **Judicial** · FY2006 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `600012731`
- **Case Number:** 06-2006-0920
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Shintech, Inc. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

A multi-media Compliance Evaluation Inspection (CEI) was conducted at Shintech, Inc, the weeks July 12 � July 15, 2004 and August 24 � August 26, 2004
	- US subsidiary of Japanese diversified chemicals giant Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
	- Produces polyvinylchloride (PVC) through suspension polymerization.
	- Shintech has 160 employees and approximately 90 contractors who work on site.
	
	Major Concerns
		-	CAA: 	Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) violations.
		-	RCRA: Permit exemption violations
		-	RCRA: Operation without a permit violations
		-	RCRA: Surface impoundment and waste pile violations
		-	RCRA: Waste shipping violations
		-	RCRA: Illegal disposal of hazardous waste
		-	RCRA: Hazardous waste determination violations
		-	NPDES: Operation without a permit
		-	EPCRA: Records and reporting violations

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*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*