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The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Jason International, Inc., (“JII”) entered into a September 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 19-086.
The CAO provides that JII owns and operates a fiberglass whirlpool bath manufacturing facility (“Facility”) in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
An Air Operating Permit (1687-AOP-R7) was issued to the Facility on January 30, 2015. ADEQ personnel are stated to have conducted a compliance inspection of the Facility on August 30, 2018, for the reporting period covering April 2016 through July 2018.
The ADEQ inspection is stated to have determined that the Facility failed to conduct weekly visible emissions observations for opacity at the:
- Acrylic Saw (SN-01),
- Trim and Drill (SN- 07), and
- Support Services (SN-11).
Such observations are stated to have been required by Specific Conditions 4, 16, and 24.
JII is stated to have responded to an ADEQ request for comments and stated that weekly opacity checks had been placed on a reoccurring schedule to remind the EH&S Manager and programmer to perform opacity observations on a weekly basis.
JII neither admits nor denies the factual and legal allegations contained in the CAO.
Within 30 days of the effective date of the CAO, JII is required to submit to ADEQ weekly visible emissions for the opacity limits assigned for SN-01, SN-07, and SN-11 for the three months to show compliance with Specific Conditions 4, 16, and 24 of the Air Permit.
A civil penalty of $2,400 is assessed.
A copy of the CAO can be downloaded here.
