Document 06vr2LVkjQ38kRZNvr1geM70b

The News Journal, Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Oct. 26, 1935 State say to report; another emission1 lly NANCY KESM5H Dover Bureau reporter Stale environmental officials say the Formosa Plastics Corp. plant near betaware City had another ol its repealed vinyl chloride emissions Oct. 17, two days alter a similar release -- and the company's 7'/>hour delay til notifying the stale ol It -- spurred [telaware City's mayor lu call tor criminal charges against (he plant maiiag-' er. But plant supervisors tailed to report the Ocl. 17 teak, even Ihutigh they are requiied to nuliiy the stale ui every release involv ing the carcinogen. State Investigators have since deter mined that no rgpurl was made because plant workers considered the Incident minor. There is no record ot the amount of the release, because an air-monitoring sys- lem was Improperly connected. And com pany records about the incident arc missing. The incident ts cited In a letter that the slate Department ot Natural Resources and Environmental Control sent to Formo sa's plant manager on Friday, notifying him that the stale has decided to terminate the plant's environmental permits as ot neat Friday. The Ocl. 17 release Joins a laundry list ot complaints from stale environmental oitlclais concerning the Formosa plant, which is in an industrial park Just west ot Delaware City. A scries ot uncontrolled releases of vinyl chloride over a three-year period led lo ltie state's issuance of a cease-and-desist order in June IStH. A suit was tiled In December 1984, citing at least IQ releases as well as other alleged permit violations. Jn March o( this year, the company signed a consent decree, agreeing lo make major Improvements tn environmental controls, and It paid a $ 100,000 civil penal ly. In addillon to Ihe vinyl chloride emlssons, Formosa has been cited for what the state called violations ol equipment re quirements and testing procedures, in one Instance, a section of lino had been cut and removed, rendering inoperative an airmonitoring system. tint the Ink was barely dry on the March decree when an Inspection the nest month revealed that the plant hadn't been living up to the accord. Negotiations began anew between Formosa and I ho slate to deter mine what additional penalty the company should pay. Formosa also lias paid a $7B0 civil pen ally to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fur Infractions of rules designed to protect employees from vinyl chloride hazards. Delaware went back Into court in August . lo ask a Chancery Court Judge lo require ' Dial Formosa cither comply with rules re garding opera lions ot its vinyl chloride in cinerators or close down. The court Issued a restraining order, but Formosa was able to solve Its incinerator problems before it had to close. Another state Inspection in August found that the plant still was not In compliance with the consent decree. In September, Formosa sent the state two $1,000 checks for two violations of the decree. But the stale was seeking at least (54,000 in penal ties, so the Issue remains unresolved. Then came Ihe Oct. IS Incident, involv 'Ing delayed notification to the stale about, vinyl chloride release outside the plant The release produced no reading on lb plant's alr-monilurlng equipment, becatis plant employees had incorrectly conncctc the recording system. in the wake ot the release, frustrate Delaware City Mayor Elmer L. "Cork) Snow 111 formally requested Ihe stale a: torney general to arrest Ihe plant manage because of Formosa's repealed emission The slate already was looking at the Or IS problem, according lo Wilson, becam il was concerned about the lack of immed ate notiticatlon. Subsequently, Wilson asked Allorni General Charles M. Obcrly 111 to conshh filing criminal charges. An invesllgatli by Oberly's Justice Department Is cantin' Ing. OCC 4725 F\ r t \ i '\ I? * 5- ---* C.i ao fS JS / <J :g^s; u ,, i. - O ..<3 % ^ ~"vi iVrretI Urbe Cj^2; " *5 > _ oV pn-- QUO J-2 J4,21jQo_ --1>*- -""i-I _,r-*.e "U u C w c " p-* S TOI >> t* J5 SS 5 T-1 5< > *1 o t -55 & <3 g_u 5 " v> cj 3=- >-? J2 ' >- b .2 ... -- i Ei = io =sess=s -- I_ M ^ -- tl -= u " ~O- J . T* -- -1 CQ - S7" ,=-3 >>-x g-2'?"`r*=a t?b"S=S3->* n ~>=~** - QCl_. oo 3 5 i3 3 '* " COrt w wC a-7 2 " >. 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