EPA v. ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION aka ARDAGH GLASS COMPANY (NATIONAL CASE) (LEAD)

Case summary

8/3/18 - DOJ and EPA entered into a settlement agreement with Anchor Glass Container Corporation to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at all six of Anchor?s glass manufacturing facilities located in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, and Oklahoma. Under the settlement, Anchor will install pollution controls to cut emissions of NOx, SO2, and PM; reducing emissions by 2,000, 700 and 100 tons per year, respectively. Additionally, Anchor will complete two mitigation projects: a project replacing, repowering or retrofitting older diesel buses with cleaner technologies in Jacksonville, Florida; and a woodburning appliance change-out project in Minnesota. Anchor will pay a civil penalty of $1.1 million - $550,000 to the U.S. Treasury, and $275,000 to both Indiana and Oklahoma, which were the only states to join the federal government in this action. The complaint and consent decree memorializing this settlement were filed on August 3, 2018, in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division.

Defendants (1)

• ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION - WARNER ROBINS PLANT

  1044 BOOTH RD, WARNER ROBINS, GA, 31088

  Registry ID: 110005668722

• ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION

  2121 HURON ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 322542052

  Registry ID: 110022424296

Statutes cited

• CAA 502 — Operating Permits (Title V)
• CAA 165 — Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION aka ARDAGH GLASS COMPANY (NATIONAL CASE) (04-2018-C003) (LEAD)entered 2018-09-26

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $183,333

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 2011-09-13Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2011-09-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2016-08-08Supplemental Referral-Other
• 2018-08-03Complaint Filed With Court
• 2018-08-03Final Order Lodged
• 2018-09-26Concluded
• 2018-09-26Final Order Entered