A new air pollution control operation permit allowed Phillips Plastics Corp. to meet additional painting volume capacity requirements. However, the company observed continued demand by its customers for paints that could not be used under the air permit. Additionally, with the facility’s acceptance into the ISO 14001:1996 standards, PPC realized the need to significantly reduce its VOC emissions. The only way to meet customer demands and reduce emissions was to install pollution control equipment.
When Phillips Plastics
Corporation (PPC) experienced a significant increase in its precision coatings
business, production staff geared up for the increased throughput, but the
environmental impact would put the company on course to exceed its EPA
operating permit for the discharge of VOCs.
