EPA v. WESTERN ROTO ENGRAVERS (WRE/COLORTECH)

Case summary

ANDRE SAUGEVIETIS HAS BEEN CHIEF COUNSEL TO THE CHROMIUM MACT WORKGROUP. VIOLATIONS OF CHROME NESHAP. WRE/COLORTECH, INC. (WRE/COLORTECH) IS A METAL PLATING FACILITY WITH HARD CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING TANKS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE CHROME PLATING NESHAP (40 C.F.R. 63.340- 347). THE FACILITY IS CONSIDERED A SMALL, AREA SOURCE AND MUST, THEREFORE, MEET THE LEAST STRINGENT OF THE EMISSION LIMITS SPECIFIED IN THE CHROME PLATING NESHAP, 0.03 MG/ DSCM. WRE/COLORTECH USES A COMPOSITE MESH PAD SCRUBBER SYSTEM (CMP) FOLLOWED BY A PRE-FILTER AND A HEPA FILTER TO CONTROL CHROMIUM EMISSIONS FROM ITS HARD CHROMIUM ELECT- ROPLATING TANKS. WRE/COLORTECH VIOLATED 40 C.F.R. PART 63 SUBPART N, 63.340- 347 (THE CHROME PLATING NESHAP). SPECIFICALLY, WRE/COLORTECH WAS CITED FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1) VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. 63.343(D) FOR FAILURE TO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN ADMINISTRATOR'S APPROVAL FOR THE FACILITY'S EMPLOYED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICE. 2) VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R 63.344(C) FOR FAILURE TO PROPERLY EMPLOY TESTING METHOD 306 OR 306(A), WHICH STATES THAT SAMPLING TIME SHALL BE AT LEAST 120 MINUTES, AND SAMPLE VOLUME SHALL BE AT LEAST 1.70 DSCM (60 DSCF). THE INITIAL COMPLIANCE TESTING WAS PERFORMED INCORRECTLY, WITH A SAMP- LING TIME OF ONLY 60 MINUTES, AND SAMPLE VOLUME OF 40.91-52. 44 DSCF. 3) VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. 63.347 (E) (3) FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT NOTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE STATUS REPORT WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE INITIAL PERFORMANCE TEST.

Defendants (1)

• WESTERN ROTO ENGRAVERS (WRE/COLORTECH)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WESTERN ROTO ENGRAVERS INCORPORATED

  668 SEVILLE ROAD, WADSWORTH, OH, 44281

  Registry ID: 110000850703

Statutes cited

• CAA 112 — Hazardous Air Pollutants

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WESTERN ROTO ENGRAVERSentered 2000-01-20

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $18,150

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-05-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-09-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2000-01-20Final Order Issued
• 2000-09-21Enforcement Action Closed