EPA v. VOSS INDUSTRIES-VOSS TAYLOR DIV - APO/CAFO

Case summary

Region 5 alleged that Voss: installed process equipment without a permit to install in violation of the Michigan state implementation plan at Mich. Admin. Code R. 336.1201(1); operated a major source of a hazardous air pollutant without a Title V operating permit in violation of Section 502 of the CAA and 40 C.F.R. 70.7(b); failed to comply with the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Steel Pickling, 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart CCC; and failed to comply with the NESHAP for Boilers, 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart DDDDD. On July 24, 2018, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) (formerly the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality) issued to Voss a Permit to Install (PTI) covering its pickling line and associated process equipment. The PTI contains federally enforceable limitations limiting Voss's potential to emit hazardous air pollutants such that Voss is no longer subject to Title V of the CAA, the Steel Pickling NESHAP, or the Boiler NESHAP. Voss certifies in the CAFO that it is complying fully with the requirements of its PTI, including the conditions limiting the facility's potential to emit hazardous air pollutants. The CAFO requires Voss to pay a civil penalty of $48,366.

Defendants (1)

• VOSS INDUSTRIES-VOSS TAYLOR DIVNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• VOSS INDUSTRIES

  7925 BEECH DALY ROAD, TAYLOR, MI, 48180

  Registry ID: 110070050147

Statutes cited

• CAA 112 — Hazardous Air Pollutants
• CAA 502 — Operating Permits (Title V)
• CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• VOSS INDUSTRIES-VOSS TAYLOR DIV - CAFOentered 2021-02-12

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $48,366

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2021-02-12Final Order Issued
• 2021-02-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2021-02-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2021-03-04Air Resolved
• 2021-03-04Enforcement Action Closed