EPA v. TRINITY AMERICAN CORPORATION

Case summary

ORDER: TRINITY SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN ANY MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS AT THE FOAM PLANT AND THE FIBER PLANT, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS EPA DETERMINES THAT THOSE OPERATIONS WILL NOT PRESENT AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE. EPA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF A COPY OF TRINITY'S 9/29/97, PROPOSAL TO THE STATE HEALTH DIRECTION FOR EMISSIONS TESTING AND OPERATION OF THE FIBER PLANT. THIS PROPOSAL IS INADEQUATE TO ENSURE THAT MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS AT THE FIBER PLANT WILL NOT PRESENT AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE. IF TRINITY INTENDS TO RESUME OPERATION OF EITHER THE FOAM PLANT OR FIBER PLANT, TRINITY SHALL SUBMIT TO EPA A WRITTEN PROPOSAL WITHIN 30DAYS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THIS ORDER, FOR ENSURING OPERATION OF THE FOAM AND/OR FIBER PLANTS IN A MANNER SUCH THAT SAID OPERATION DOES NOT PRESENT AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT OT PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE. ANY SUCH PROPOSAL SHALL INCLUDE ADEQUATE MEANSURES TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR THE FOAM AND FIBER PLANTS. ANY SUCH PROPOSAL SHALL BE APPROVED BY EPA PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION. WITHIN 7 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE TRINITY SHALL NOTIFY EPA IN WRITING WHETHER TRINITY INTENDS TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER.

Defendants (1)

• TRINITY AMERICAN CORP.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• TRINITY AMERICAN CORPORATION

  5275 GLENOLA INDUSTRIAL DR, HIGH POINT, NC, 27263

  Registry ID: 110000870763

Statutes cited

• CAA 114 — Record keeping, Inspection, Information Request

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TRINITY AMERICAN CORPORATIONentered 1997-12-02

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1997-12-02Final Order Issued
• 1998-01-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-02-02Enforcement Action Closed