The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Dow AgroSciences, L.L.C. (Dow Agro) for violations of the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production. The alleged violations included the failure to perform an initial demonstration on process condensers, failure to identify all points of determination for wastewater, and failure to identify all operating scenarios in their the Notification of Compliance Status report for the NESHAP for PAI Production. Dow Agro has completed the necessary requirements to ensure continued compliance with the applicability, monitoring, and reporting requirements for the NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production.
The agreement requires Dow Agro to pay a civil penalty of $70,000.