EPA v. CHRYSLER CORP/KENOSHA

Case summary

DATE VIOLATION DETERMINED: 12/15/87. CHRYSLER HAS VIOLATED THE WISCONSIN SIP AT ITS PLANT IN KENOSHA, WI. ON DEC. 15, 1987, THE REGION ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO CHRYSLER BECAUSE EMISSIONS RAN A NEW ANTI- CHIP COATING LINE AT ITS PLANT DID NOT MEET THE LOWEST ACHIE VABLE EMISSION RATE (LAER), AS REQUIRED BY WISCONSIN SIP RULE NR 144.393(2B). ON THAT SAME DATE, THE REGION ISSUED A FINDING OF VIOLATION TO THE WISCONSIN DEPT OF NATURAL RESOUR CES (WDNR) FOR ITS ISSUANCE OF A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE VOC EMISSIONS FROM CHRYLSER'S ANTI-CHIP COAT ING LINE TO MEET LAER, IN VIOLATION OF WISCONSIN SIP RULE NR 144.393(2B). AFTER SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STATE, THE REGION WAS UNABLE TO CONVINCE WDNR THAT THE PERMIT WAS DEFICIENT BE- CAUSE IT DID NOT REQUIRE LAER. IN FEBRUARY OF 1988, AFTER SEVERAL MEETINGS AND TELEPHONE CALLS WITH CHRYSLER, THE COM- PANY ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS CEASING OPERATIONS AT THE KENOSHA PLANT NO LATER THAN DEC. 31, 1988. IN A LETTER DATE APRIL 20, 1988, CHRYSLER INFORMED THE REGION THAT IT HAD DISMANT- LED THE ANTI-CHIP COATING LINE. BY DISMANTLING THE LINE, CHRYSLER HAS COMPLETED THE STEPS NECESSARY TO BRING THE PLANT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE WISCON SIN SIP. CHRYSLER HAS EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS TO ENTER A FEDERALLY ENFORCEABLE CONSENT DECREE TO ENSURE CONTINUED COM PLAINCE FROM NOW UNTIL THE CLOSURE OF THE PLANT, AND TO PAY A CIVIL PENALTY.

Defendants (1)

• CHRYSLER MOTORS CORP, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CHRYSLER MOTORS CORP

  5513 FIFTH AVE, KENOSHA, WI, 52140

  Registry ID: 110002120650

Statutes cited

• CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
• CAA 113B — Clean Air Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• JEEP EAGLE CORPORATIONentered 1989-05-30

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $30,000

Timeline (8 milestones)

• 1987-10-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1988-07-06PRN Sent
• 1989-02-16Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1989-05-17Complaint Filed With Court
• 1989-05-30Final Order Lodged
• 1989-05-30Final Order Entered
• 1989-05-30Concluded
• 1990-10-25Enforcement Action Closed