The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board issued a February 24th Technical Secretary’s Proposed Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Bonnell Aluminum, Inc. (“Bonnell”) addressing an alleged Air Permit violation. See Case No. APC25-0014.
Bonnell is an aluminum extrusion facility located in Carthage, Tennessee.
The facility is stated to have been issued a Major Source (Title V) Operating Permit on March 21, 2022, for a Secondary Aluminum Processing and Metal Coating Line Production of Extruded Architectural Metal Parts with Custom Finishing (“Permit”). The Permit is stated to have been amended on June 24, 2024.
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Air Pollution Control (“Division”) personnel are stated to have conducted an inspection at the facility on November 13, 2024. The facility is stated to have provided documentation that indicated that the previous five-year tune ups of the Anodizing Boiler 2, Burnout Tanks Heaters 2, Paint Line # 1 Heater, and Heat Cure Tank Heater 1 were conducted on August 6, 2019.
As a result, the Order states that based on Condition E11-6 of the Permit, the next tune up should have been conducted no later than August 5, 2024. The Order states that the Boiler and Process Heaters have not had a tune up since August 6, 2019, therefore Condition E11-6 of the Permit is stated to have been violated.
The Division is stated to have received an email from Bonnell on January 13th containing an APC 115 that detailed what actions would be taken to return to compliance. It is stated to have reviewed the APC 115 and on January 30th notified Bonnell that it was acceptable as long as the facility has the tune ups completed on the affected equipment before the end of March 2025.
The Order requires that Bonnell conduct five-year tune ups of the Boiler and Process Heaters before March 31st. Further, the Proposed Order assesses a civil penalty of $1,500.00.
The Order provides certain appeal rights.
A copy of the Order can be downloaded here.
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