EPA New England Press Releases

BAKING PAN COMPANY MAKES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTANTS

Frank McIntyre, EPA-New England Press Office; (617) 918-1095
For immediate release: August 13, 1996; Release # 96-8-10

BOSTON--Ekco/Glaco Limited Partnership and EK Management Corporation have agreed to install pollution control equipment at their metal products coating facility in Worcester, Mass., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The new equipment will reduce the company's emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to levels below those required under the federal Clean Air Act. Ekco/Glaco and EK Management will also pay a fine of $10,000 for violations of the federal law.

Ekco/Glaco, headquartered in Humboldt, Tenn., coats and reglazes baking pans for bakeries. Federal and state regulations limit the number of pounds of VOCs allowed for every gallon of solids applied as coating to metal parts as a means to control air pollution. This level is set at 6.7 pounds of VOCs for each gallon of solids applied. According to EPA, Ekco was using a coating that when analyzed by the company emitted significantly higher amounts of VOCs than the allowable limit.

VOCs contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone, or smog. Medical studies have shown that ozone damages lung tissue, and may cause inflammation and irritation of the respiratory tract.

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1. TITLE: Baking Pan Company Makes Environmental Improvements to Reduce Air Pollutants
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3. ABSTRACT: Ekco/Glaco Limited Partnership and EK Management Corporation have agreed to install pollution control equipment at their metal products coating facility in Worcester, MA, the US EPA announced. The new equipment will reduce the company's emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to levels below those required under the federal Clean Air Act. Ekco/Glaco and EK Management will also pay a file of $10,000 for violations of the federal law.

4. PURPOSE: Public Information

5. ORIGINATOR: Regional Administrator's Office

6. PUBLICATION DATE: 08/16/96

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11. POINT OF CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
    Frank McIntyre
    Office of the Regional Administrator
    EPA Region 1, New England
    JFK Kennedy Building (RAA)
    Boston, MA 02203
    617-918-1095

12. RESPONSIBLE PARTY:
    Doug Gutro
    Office of the Regional Administrator

13. DATE OF CREATION: 08/16/96

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15. EXPIRATION DATE: 11/13/96