10/25/12 - CONSENT DECREE ENTERED. EPA IDENTIFIED VIOLATIONS OF THE LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR (LDAR) REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY (40 CFR PART 63, SUBPART F), THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR ORGANIC HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR EQUIPMENT LEAKS (40 CFR PART 63, SUBPART H), THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR ORGANIC HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS: MANUFACTURE OF AMINO/PHENOLIC RESINS (40 CFR PART 63, SUBPART OOO), AND THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR EQUIPMENT LEAKS - CONTROL LEVEL 2 STANDARDS (40 CFR PART 63, SUBPART UU). THE CD, ENTERED BY THE COURT ON OCT 22, 2012, REQUIRED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENHANCED LDAR PROGRAM THAT WOULD INCLUDE A FACILITY WIDE LDAR OPERATING PLAN, AN UPDATE OF THE FACILITY'S STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INCREASED DOCUMENTATION FOR THE LDAR PROGRAM, AND A HAZARD ANALYSIS FOR BOTH THE AMINO RESINS UNIT AND THE GLYOXOL UNIT, IF THE GLYOXOL UNIT IS EVER RECOMMISSIONED. THE CD ALSO ASSESSED A PENALTY OF $125,000 THAT WAS SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC, THE CO-PLAINTIFF IN THIS CASE.