EPA v. DIRECT AUTOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT dba KUHN COLLISION REPAIR

Case summary

12/6/2017 - COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS: RESPONDENTS OWNS AND OPERATES A MOTOR VEHICLE OR MOBILE EQUIPMENT SURFACE COATING OPERATION THAT USES MECHANICAL METHODS OF STRIPPING PAINT FROM PLASTIC, METAL, AND FIBERGLASS SUBSTRATES. ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL NOTIFICATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENT, RESPONDENT IS AN EXISTING SOURCE PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 63.11171, AND IS SUBJECT TO SUBPART 6H. PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 63.11175(b), AN EXISTING AREA SOURCE SUBJECT TO SUBPART 6H MUST SUBMIT A NOTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE STATUS ON OR BEFORE MARCH 11, 2011. THE SOURCE IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THE INFO SPECIFIED IN 40 CFR 63.11175(b)(1) THRU (4). ACCORDING TO EPA RECORDS, AS OF NOV 30, 2017, RESPONDENT HAS NOT SUBMITTED THE NOTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE STATUS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE AIR, PESTICIDES AND TOXICS MGMT DIVISION OF EPA, REGION 4. RESPONDENT'S FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE NOTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE STATUS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE AIR, PESTICIDES, AND TOXICS MGMT DIV OF EPA, REGION 4 CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF 6H AND THE CAA. ORDER: RESPONDENT SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE AIR, PESTICIDES AND TOXICS MGMT DIVISION OF EPA, REGION 4, A NOTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE STATUS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 CFR 63.11175(b) WITHIN 14 CALENDAR DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS ORDER TO EPA.

Defendants (1)

• DIRECT AUTOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT dba KUHN COLLISIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• KUHN FACTORY AUTHORIZED COLLISION REPAIR

  3319 N FLORIDA AVE, TAMPA, FL, 336035850

  Registry ID: 110002549252

Statutes cited

• CAA PART63 — MACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• DIRECT AUTOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT dba KUHN COLLISION REPAIRentered 2017-12-06

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2017-12-06Final Order Issued
• 2018-01-10Enforcement Action Data Entered