EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) are signing an agreement that resolves claims alleged by the United States against PolyOne Corporation (PolyOne) for violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) manufacturing facility in Henry, Illinois; and also resolves violations of the CAA, RCRA, and the Clean Water Act (CWA) at a PVC manufacturing facility in Pedricktown, New Jersey.
Under the settlement, PolyOne must perform compliance activities to achieve and maintain compliance with the applicable regulations at both facilities, continue to operate at lower federally enforceable emission limits than those which are allowed under its CAA Title V permits at both facilities, perform three Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) at an estimated cost of $800,000 at the Henry, Illinois facility, and pay a total civil penalty of $280,000, consisting of $245,000 to the United States and $35,000 to the State of Illinois.
All of the SEPs involve the installation of equipment necessary for: (1) a back-up diesel-powered air compressor on the main instrument air supply header leading to all polymerization lines; (2) a back-up diesel-powered generator to supply power to the existing cooling water pumps and chilled water pumps to maintain circulation to all polymerization lines; and (3) an automated chemical addition (?short stop?) system to cease the polymerization process for all the active polymeri