The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 11th Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Gregory Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. (“GP”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See Case No. APC26-0011.
The Order provides that GP operates a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Bristol, Tennessee.
The facility is stated to operate pursuant to a Clean Air Act Major Source Operating Permit (i.e., Title V).
Tennessee Division of Air Pollution Control (“Division”) personnel are stated to have conducted an inspection at the facility on November 3, 2025. During the inspection and in subsequent correspondence, the Division is stated to have discovered the following violations:
- Operation of source for two months without completing required monthly baghouse inspection.
- Emergency Engine oil change completed 10 days late.
The Division is stated to have issued a Notice of Violation (“NOV”) on December 22, 2025, requiring that the annual compliance certification for the period ending March 2025 be updated to reflect these deviations, and a semiannual report for the period ending in March 2025 should be updated to reflect the late November 2024 baghouse inspection and the late emergency engine oil change. The Division is stated to have received on or about January 19, 2026, the requested documents.
The Order proposes a civil penalty of $7,500.
The Order provides certain appeal rights.
A copy of the Order can be found here.
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