EPA v. HARBOUR INDUSTRIES INC

Case summary

Harbour Industries, LLC of Shelburne, Vermont, a manufacturer of high performance wire and cable, will pay $80,000 to settle Region I’s administrative penalty action for Clean Air Act permit violations. The company’s manufacturing processes generate emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). EPA alleged that for a period of approximately three years, Harbour violated its state permit by failing to use an approved method to demonstrate compliance with a VOC limit of 50 tons per year and by failing to develop and submit for approval an operation and maintenance plan for its VOC emissions control device, a regenerative thermal oxidizer. Although no actual excess emissions were documented in this action, the violations alleged increased the risks of excess emissions.

Defendants (1)

• HARBOUR INDUSTIRES INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• HARBOUR INDUSTRIES LLC

  4744 SHELBURNE ROAD, SHELBURNE, VT, 05482

  Registry ID: 110010409110

Statutes cited

• CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HARBOUR INDUSTRIES INCentered 2011-06-30

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $80,000

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2010-10-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2011-01-18Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2011-06-30Final Order Issued