NORRISTOWN, Pa., May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmental Protection Regional Director Joseph A. Feola today announced that DEP has assessed a $61,000 civil penalty against Moyer Packing Company for air quality violations noted at the company's Franconia Township, Montgomery County, rendering plant.
"We found the company had not been properly inspecting or maintaining control devices on several air pollution sources, resulting in more than a dozen violations," Feola said. "Our inspectors also found the company operating a unit under an expired approval."
Violations discovered during the June 7, 2006, inspection include failing to maintain air pollution control devices associated with several scrubbers and boilers and failing to monitor and record required information such as water flow rates, pressure, temperature and pH on certain units. The company failed to perform annual maintenance of key equipment and was found to be operating under a plan approval that expired on Sept. 25, 2005.
The company has since acquired a current plan approval for those sources, which was made part of Moyer's facility-wide permit in November 2006.
Moyer Packing Company of Souderton is a division of Smithfield Foods, a Virginia corporation that owns and operates this rendering plant at 741 Souder Rd. in Franconia Township.
CONTACT: Lynda Rebarchak
484-250-5820
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
