EPA Reaches Agreement with Three Architectural Coatings Companies
CHICAGO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement that includes a $70,312 penalty with three related companies - one in Wisconsin and two in Ohio - on alleged violations of federal architectural coating rules. Architectural coatings are paints and similar coverings used on building exteriors, pavements and curbs.
The companies are Rust-Oleum Corp., Prairie, Wis.; The Euclid Chemical Co., Cleveland; and Republic Powdered Metals Inc., Medina, Ohio. All are subsidiaries of a common parent company, RPM International Inc., which is not a party to the settlement, nor is it alleged to have violated the rules.