The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with Daramic LLC on alleged clean-air violations at the company's battery separator manufacturing plant in Corydon, Ind. The plant makes thin plastic sheets for use in lead-acid batteries and other applications.
The agreement, which includes a $193,530 environmental project and a $68,297 penalty, resolves EPA allegations that Daramic failed to capture and recover volatile organic compound emissions at the level required by its state operating permit.
"Daramic has agreed to modify its production practices and install new equipment to better capture and recover emissions. These actions will reduce releases of the hazardous volatile organic compound trichloroethylene from the plant by roughly 450 tons a year," said Regional Administrator Thomas V. Skinner. "This will help protect the health of Daramic's neighbors in the Corydon area."
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