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DuPont/Lucite Clean Air Act Settlement

(WASHINGTON, DC - Apr. 20, 2009) DuPont and Lucite International Inc. have agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle Clean Air Act violations at a sulfuric acid plant in Belle, W. Va., the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state of West Virginia announced today.

The sulfuric acid plant is located on a 100-acre chemical manufacturing complex along the Kanawha River. The plant is owned by Lucite and operated by DuPont. The companies will pay $1 million to the United States and $1 million to the state of West Virginia. Further, the companies chose on their own to shut down the sulfuric-acid manufacturing unit of a larger chemical facility at the site and the settlement confirms this agreement. Under the settlement, the sulfuric acid unit is scheduled to shut down by April 1, 2010.

“This settlement is part of the U.S. government’s dedicated effort to bring all sulfuric acid manufacturers into compliance with the Clean Air Act,” said John C. Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division.

“The actions taken as part of this settlement will reduce emissions of air pollutants by more than 1,000 tons each year,” said Catherine McCabe, Acting Assistant Administrator for the EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. “Sulfur dioxide emissions can be harmful to children, the elderly, and people with heart and lung conditions.”

 

 

For more information, contact:

Robert Fentress
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2242A)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20460-0001
(202) 564-7023
fentress.robert@epa.gov

 

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