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STATE OF INDIANA    )        BEFORE THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT
                )    SS:    OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
COUNTY OF MARION    )

COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT    )
OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,    )
                            )
        Complainant,                )
                            )
            v.                )    CAUSE NO. A-4244
                            )
ICC DIVISION, TENAX CORPORATION,        )
                            )
        Respondent.                )

AGREED ORDER

    The Complainant and the Respondent desire to settle and compromise this action without hearing or adjudication of any issue of fact or law, and consent to the entry of the following Findings of Fact and Order.

I. FINDINGS OF FACT

    1.    Complainant is the Commissioner (hereinafter referred to as "Complainant") of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, a department of the State of Indiana created by IC 13-13-1-1.

    2.    Respondent is ICC Division, Tenax Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Respondent"), which owns and operates an industrial cab manufacturing facility at 310 East 3rd Street, located in Rushville, Indiana.

    3.    The Indiana Department of Environmental Management ("IDEM") has jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter of this action.

    4.    Pursuant to IC 13-30-3-3, IDEM issued a Notice of Violation via Certified Mail to:

        Mr. Ron Mitchell, Vice President        Mr. John A. Bratt, Registered Agent
        ICC Division, Tenax Corporation        1850 West Oliver Avenue
        310 East 3rd Street                Indianapolis, IN 46221
        Rushville, IN 46173

    5.    Rule 326 IAC 8-2-9(d)(2) requires that "No owner or operator of a facility engaged in the surface coating of miscellaneous metal parts may cause, allow, or permit the discharge in the atmosphere of any volatile organic compounds in excess of the following:... Forty-two hundredth (0.42) kilograms per liter (three and five-tenth (3.5) pounds per gallon) of coating excluding water delivered to a coating applicator...." Permit CP 139-6868-00016 issued on August 19, 1997, operation condition number eight (8) requires "that the input VOC including clean up solvent, minus the VOC solvent shipped out, delivered to the applicators of the paint booth used to coat industrial metal cabs shall be limited to 14 pounds per day."

    6.    Complainant conducted the records review and observed that exceedances of the 14 lbs per day VOC limit occurred on the following dates:

        October 1, 1997    21.4 lbs/day        November 21, 1997    15.89 lbs/day
        October 6, 1997    16.42 lbs/day        December 3, 1997    18.16 lbs/day
        October 7, 1997    22.18 lbs/day        December 11, 1997    18.12 lbs/day
        October 8, 1997    16.42 lbs/day        December 20, 1997    20.12 lbs/day
        October 9, 1987    16.42 lbs/day        December 29, 1997    15.44 lbs/day
        October 13, 1997    15.91 lbs/day        December 30, 1997    15.29 lbs/day
        October 22, 1997    20.34 lbs/day        January 8, 1998    14.23 lbs/day
        October 23, 1997    18.07 lbs/day        February 9, 1998    15.45 lbs/day
        November 7, 1997    20.28 lbs/day        March 23, 1998    15.72 lbs/day.

        These activities constitute violations of 326 IAC 8-2-9(d)(2) and of permit CP 139-6868-00016 operation condition number eight (8).

    7.    In recognition of the settlement reached, Respondent waives any right to administrative and judicial review of this Agreed Order.

II. ORDER

    1.    This Agreed Order shall be effective ("Effective Date") when it is approved by the Complainant or his delegate, and has been received by the Respondent. This Agreed Order shall have no force or effect until the Effective Date.

    2.    All submissions required by this Agreed Order, unless notified otherwise in writing, shall be sent to:

        Mr. Michael Stonik, Enforcement Case Manager
        Office of Enforcement
        Indiana Department of Environmental Management

        100 N. Senate Avenue
        P. O. Box 6015
        Indianapolis, IN 46206-6015

          Respondent shall switch all cab coating operations to coatings compliant with 326 IAC 8-2-9 within thirty (30) days from the Effective Date of this Agreed Order. Respondent shall provide documentation of the switch within forty five (45) days of the Effective date of this Agreed Order.

    4.    Respondent is assessed a civil penalty of Sixteen Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00). Said penalty amount shall be due and payable to the Environmental Management Special Fund within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Agreed Order.

    5.    Civil penalties are payable by check to the Environmental Management Special Fund. Checks shall include the Cause Number of this action and shall be mailed to:

            Cashier
            IDEM
            100 N. Senate Avenue
            P. O. Box 7060
            Indianapolis, IN 46207-7060

    6.    In the event that the civil penalty required by paragraph 4 of this Agreed Order is not paid within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Agreed Order, Respondent shall pay interest on the unpaid balance at the rate established by IC 24-4.6-1-101. The interest shall continue to accrue until the civil penalty is paid in full.

    7.    This Agreed Order shall apply to and be binding upon the Respondent, its officers, directors, principals, agents, successors, subsidiaries, and assigns. The Respondent's signatories to this Agreed Order certify that they are fully authorized to execute this document and legally bind the parties they represent. No change in ownership, corporate, or partnership status of the Respondent shall in any way alter its status or responsibilities under this Agreed Order.

    8.    In the event that any terms of the Agreed Order are found to be invalid, the remaining terms shall remain in full force and effect and shall be construed and enforced as if the Agreed Order did not contain the invalid terms.

    9.    The Respondent shall provide a copy of this Agreed Order, if in force, to any subsequent owners or successors before ownership rights are transferred.

Respondent shall ensure that all contractors, firms and other persons performing work under this Agreed Order comply with the terms of this Agreed Order.

    10.    This Agreed Order shall remain in effect until Respondent has complied with all terms and conditions of this Agreed Order.

TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATION:        ICC DIVISION, TENAX CORPORATION:
Department of Environmental Management

By:     _________________________        By: _________________________
    David P. McIver
    Air Section Chief            
    Office of Enforcement            Printed: ______________________
    
                            Title: ________________________                         
Date: ________________________            Date: ________________________

COUNSEL FOR COMPLAINANT:            COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT:
Department of Environmental Management

By: _________________________            By: ________________________
Office of Legal Counsel                
Department of Environmental Management

Date: _______________________            Date: ______________________

APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT THIS _____ DAY OF ____________________, 199___.

                            
                            For the Commissioner:
                            
                            Signed on September 10, 1998
                            ___________________________
                            David J. Hensel
                            Director
                            Office of Enforcement

Converted by Andrew Scriven