# SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES INC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2007 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `600027590`
- **Case Number:** 01-2007-1502
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES INC (settlement)
## Summary

ST GOBAIN EMITTED PARTICULATE MATTER FROM ONE OF ITS KILNS IN EXCESS OF ITS PERMITTED LIMIT; OPERATED 2 KILNS WITHOUT MAINTAINING THE AFTERBURNER TEMPERATURE  REQUIRED BY PERMIT; FAILED TO KEEP COMPLETE RECORDS OF NATURAL GAS FUEL USE FOR ANOTHER KILN; AND FAILED TO REPAIR LEAKS IN ITS INDUSTRIAL PROCESS REFRIGERATION APPLIANCES, THEREBY ALLOWING STRATOSPHERIC OZONE TO LEAK OUT OF THEM INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AT A RATE HIGHER THAN PERMITTED BY REGULATION.

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