CHICAGO (Sept. 27, 2004) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 5 has ordered Perma-Fix of Dayton Inc. to comply with national
emission standards for hazardous air pollutants and to apply for
a Clean Air Act operating permit for its waste and recovery operation
at 300 S. W. End Ave., Dayton, Ohio.
"We have concluded, after months of technical discussion
with Perma-Fix and extensive emissions modeling, that the company
is a major emitter of hazardous air pollutants," said Acting
Regional Administrator Bharat Mathur.
The order requires Perma-Fix to capture and control emissions
from certain process equipment and to monitor and report information
about the operation of their processes and emissions.
EPA cited Perma-Fix in January for failing to comply with federal
clean-air regulations when it built a biological wastewater treatment
operation at its facility. Specifically, EPA alleged that the company
violated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants
and failed to submit a timely and complete Clean Air Act Title
5 operating permit application for the facility.
EPA said Perma-Fix presently manages hazardous waste and processes
industrial wastewater, coolants, solid waste and used oil.
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