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CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORP.-FT WORTH

Judicial · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 33813

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Case

Case Number
06-1984-0027
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-744
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THIS ACTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO REQUIRE CHAMPION INTER- NATIONAL CORPORATION'S DAIRYPAK PLANT TO COMPLY WITH THE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) EMISSION LIMITS AS SPECI- FIED BY THE TEXAS SIP. THE DAIRYPAK PLANT IS IN TARRANT COUNTY WHICH IS DESIGNATED A NONATTAINMENT AREA AND SUBJECT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR'S POST 1982 DATE ENFORCEMENT POLICY. CHAMPION OPERATES SIX FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PRESSES WHICH PRINT CUSTOMERS LOGOS, ADVERTISING AND INGREDIENT LABELLING ON PAPERBOARD MILK AND JUICE CARTONS. CHAMPION USES BOTH WATER-BASED AND SOLVENT-BASED INKS IN ITS OPERATIONS BUT IS TRYING TO RAISE THE USE OF WATER-BASED INKS. *CAUSE OF ACTION* REGULATION V, SECT. 115.201 OF THE TEXAS SIP PROHIBITS THE OPERATION OF ANY FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING FACILITY THAT USES SOLVENT-CONTAINING INK UNLESS VOC EMISSIONS ARE LIMIT- ED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS: 1) THE VOLATILE FRACTION OF INK, AS IT IS APPLIED TO THE SUBSTRATE, CONTAINS 25% BY VOLUME OR LESS OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND SOLVENT AND 75% BY VOLUME OR MORE OF WATER; 2) THE INK AS IT IS APPLIED TO THE SUBSTRATE, LESS WATER, CONTAINS 60% BY VOLUME OR MORE OF NONVOLATILE MATERIAL; OR 3) A CARBON ADSORPTION OR INCINERATOR SYSTEM IS OPER- ATED TO REDUCE THE VOLATILE ORGANIC CO

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