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EPA Issues Clean Air Act Notice of Violation to Rhode Island Company

Release Date: 02/05/2002
Contact Information: Mark Merchant, EPA Press Office (617) 918-1013

BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has issued a second notice of violation to Seville Dying Co. for failing to meet state and federal air quality requirements.

Specifically, the company did not meet federally enforceable Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting requirements for sulfur dioxide under the Rhode Island State Implementation Plan (SIP) and the federal Clean Air Act.

If Seville had complied with its permit, it would have prevented at least 57 tons of sulfur dioxide from getting into the air in both 1999 and 2001. This notice of violation means Seville must comply with major PSD permitting requirements .

"It is imperative that New England's manufacturing companies comply with the federal Clean Air Act and state permit requirements," said Robert W. Varney, regional administrator of EPA's New England Office. "The quality of New England's air depends on it."

Visit EPA's Web site for more information permitting requirements and air pollution at:
https://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps

Seville is located at 229 First Ave. in Woonsocket. The company is in receivership, a state statutory process akin to bankruptcy.

EPA and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) determined that on at least nine occasions, Seville used more Number 6 fuel oil than its permit – issued by DEM in 1988 – allows. As a result, the company emitted more sulfur dioxide than its permit allowed.

In August, EPA issued a violation notice to Seville ordering it to come into compliance with its permit requirements for emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

Companies can significantly cut down on air emissions by following state and federal permitting requirements. Such requirements are in place to ensure air emissions and pollution standards are being met and companies are using the appropriate control technology to achieve lower emission rates.