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PPG Industries, Inc. (EPCRA 313)

Administrative - Formal · FY2008 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 1400009446

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Case

Case Number
06-2008-0622
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
Y

Defendants (1)

Summary

On November 12, 2007, PPG Industries Inc. disclosed EPCRA 313 non-reporting violations and data-quality errors for their Westlake, LA facility. This disclosure consisted of non-reporting violations for hydrochloric acid aerosols, nitrate compounds, and polycyclic aromatic compounds for 2004-2006; and nickel for 2004; in addition to data quality errors for copper and lead for 2004-2005; chromium for 2006; and benzene, dichlorobenzene, naphthalene, and toluene for 2004-2006. PPG corrected the violations and submitted Form R reports to EPA and the state of Louisiana. On June 10, 2008, EPA issued a Notice of Determination waiving the gravity-based penalties.

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