# FORD-CLAYCOMO
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Litigated No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `42856`
- **Case Number:** 07-1987-0016
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FORD-CLAYCOMO (complaint)
## Summary

NOTICE OF VIOLATION.                                         FORD RESPONDED TO EPA'S NOV BY STATING THAT ITS ALTERNATE    COMPLIANCE PLAN FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE VOC REGULATION FOR   AUTO COATING HAD BEEN APPROVED BY MISSOURI.                  FORD ARGUES THAT THEY ARE THEREFORE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE   SIP.  THE REGION'S POSITION IS THAT FORD HAS NOT DEMONSTRA-  TED COMPLIANCE WITH THE ALTERNATE PLAN, AND IT IS NOT PART   OF THE SIP UNTIL APPROVED BY EPA.                            A RECENT CASE IN OHIO (U.S. V. DIVERSITECH) INDICATES THAT   ALTERNATE PLANS APPROVED BY A STATE BECAME PART OF THE SIP   UPON STATE APPROVAL.  OECM IS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO REQUEST HEARING.                                                     THIS IS A CLEAN AIR ACT CASE WHICH ALLEGES FORD MOTOR        COMPANY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE MISSOURI STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP) FOR VOCS (10 CSR 10-2.230) AT ITS KANSAS CITY     ASSEMBLY PLANT.  THIS PLANT HAS BOTH A TRUCK AND A CAR       ASSEMBLY LINE AND PAINT BOOTHS FOR EACH, WHEREIN SOLVENTS    EVAPORATE RELEASING VOCS.  CALCULATIONS OF PRODUCTION DATA   SUBMITTED BY FORD SHOWS VIOLATIONS OF THE VOC EMISSION       LIMITS.  FORD HAD SUBMITTED TO THE STATE AGENCY, PURSUANT    TO THE REGULATION, AN ALTERNATE COMPLIANCE PLAN (ACP) WHICH  ALLOWS FORDS TO  BUBBLE  ITS EMISSIONS FROM CERTAIN POINTS   ON THE TWO POINT LINES.  THE ACP DOES NOT COVER ALL REGULA-  TED EMISSIONS FROM THE PLANT.  ONE MAIN ISSUE IN THE CASE IS THE SIP.  FORD PRESENTED CERTAIN DAT

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