3/13/07 - SILGAN SELF-DISCLOSED AND IS CORRECTING ITS VIOLATIONS PURSUANT TO A CORPORATE AUDIT AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO WITH EPA ON OCT 1999, CONSISTENT WITH EPA'S INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATIONS (AUDIT POLICY). AS PART OF THE CORPORATE AUDIT AGREEMENT, SILGAN DISCLOSED NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE CAA, INCLUDING NEW SOURCE REVIEW (NSR) RELATED VIOLATIONS IN EPA REGIONS 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, AND 10. SILGAN'S NATIONAL AUDIT FOCUSED ON TWO MAIN POINTS OF COMPLIANCE: (1) COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE/LOCAL-APPROVED PROGRAMS TO IMPLEMENT THE NSR PROVISIONS OF THE CAA; AND (2) COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OTHER APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AIR POLLUTION REGULATIONS THAT IMPOSE SPECIFIC EMISSION LIMITS OR REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY (RACT) STANDARDS. AS PART OF THIS SECOND ISSUE, FACILITY-SPECIFIC PERMIT CONDITIONS WERE REVIEWED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE. INCLUDED AS PART OF THE NATIONAL SELF DISCLOSURE, SILGAN NOTED VIOLATIONS AT THE TARRANT CITY, AL, AND MAXTON, NC, FACILITIES, BOTH LOCATED IN EPA, REGION 4.
8/2/10 - CD ENTERED. CD ADDRESSES NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE CAA AT 18 FACILITIES OWNED, LEASED OR OPERATED BY SILGAN. OF THE 18 FACILITIES, 2 ARE LOCATED IN REGION 4 (MAXTON, NC, AND TARRANT, AL).
SILGAN AND EPA ENTERED INTO AN AUDIT AGMT WHICH REFLECTED EPA'S AUDIT POLICY, AND SILGAN COMMENCED A NATIONAL AUDIT OF ITS FACILITIES' COMPLIANCE WITH THE CAA. SILGAN CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF EACH FACILITY (A TOTAL OF