# TARKETT INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `9838`
- **Case Number:** 03-1985-0039
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $118K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TARKETT INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

TARKETT INC. IS A DELAWARE CORPORATION W/ITS CORPORATE    HEADQUARTERS IN PARSIPPANY, NJ.  DEF MANUFACTURES FLOORING   MATERIAL INCLUDING VINYL, HARD SURFACE & TILE AND OPERATES 2 MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN THIS COUNTRY.                           DEF'S WHITEHALL PA. PLANT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS CIVIL    ENFORCEMENT ACTION.  THIS PLANT EMPLOYS 525 PEOPLE.  IT CON- TAINS 4 COATING LINES (9-FT LINE, 12-FT LINE, BACK FOAM      LINE & THE VINYL BASE COAT LINE) OF WHICH ONLY 3 ARE PRES-   ENTLY OPERATING.  THESE LINES ARE IN COMPLIANCE W/THE VOC    STANDARDS.                                                      THIS PLANT ALSO CONTAINS 2 ROTOGRAVURE PRINTING PRESSES   (9-FT PRINTING LINE & 12 FT PRINTING LINE) WHICH DO NOT HAVE VOC EMISSION CONTROLS.  THE 9-FT LINE IS NOT PRESENTLY OP-   ERATING & WAS NOT OPERATING DURING EPA'S INSPECTION, APPAR-  ENTLY DUE TO THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT PRODUCT DEMAND.             DEF'S MANUFACTURING PROCESS INCLUDES SURFACE COATING OPER ERATIONS & ROTOGRAVURE PRESS OPERATIONS WHICH GENERATE EMIS- SIONS OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC). VOCS ARE A        PRECURSOR OF OZONE & ARE REGULATED UNDER EPA'S APPROVED SIP  FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF PA.                                      ON 9/18/84, EPA INSPECTORS CONDUCTED AN AIR COMPLIANCE   INSPECTION PURSUANT TO SEC 114 OF CAA, 42 USC SEC 7414, TO   DETERMINE COMPLIANCE W/APPLICABLE PA SIP REGULATIONS.  A TO- TAL OF 5 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN DURING THIS INSPECTION, 2 FROM   THE 12 FT ROTOGRAVURE PRESS ( THE ONLY 

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