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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment (Department of Environmental Quality) (“DEQ”) and Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (“GLCC”) entered into a November 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See LIS No. 19-104.

The CAO provides that GLCC owns and operates a bromine recovery facility (“Facility”) in Union County, Arkansas.

A DEQ investigative inspection of the previously referenced Facility on May 6, 2019 is stated to have occurred. The records reviewed during the inspection are stated to have determined that GLCC failed to change the oil and filter at the Fire Pump Engine within the reporting period. It is also stated that the Facility failed to inspect hoses, belts, and air cleaners at SN-404 within the reporting period. This is stated to have constituted a violation of Specific Condition 37 of the Facility’s air permit.

GLCC in correspondence dated June 12, 2019 addressed the alleged violations and stated that it added a preventative maintenance task to its SAP system to ensure tasks are completed within annual requirements.

GLCC neither admits nor denies the factual and legal allegations contained in the CAO.

GLCC is required within 30 days of the effective date of the CAO to submit records for the year 2019 to demonstrate compliance with Specific Condition 37 and Subpart ZZZZ of Permit R13.

A civil penalty of $700 is assessed.

A copy of the CAO can be downloaded here.