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TOP EPA AIR OFFICIAL 

TOUTS FIRST FLEXIBLE AIR PERMIT TO AUTOMAKER 

Chrysler's permit cuts red tape, keeps emissions to minimum 

Newark, DE -•- The United States Environmental Protection 

Agency's Assistant Administrator for Air & Radiation Mary Nichols 

expressed EPA's full stip^r^^||^iiiif^v'l:lexible air permit 

recently issued h? Delaware's*Department of Natural Resources and 

Environmental Control (DNREC) to Chrysler's Newark Assembly 

Plant. 

"This perri.it is clear evidence that industrial expansion, 

the revitalizav.cn of our urban communities, and environmental 

protection are ill possible under the current Clean Air Act -

even in severe ozone areas," Nichols said in her remarks at the 

Symposium on Ozone and Smog, taking place today at the University 

of Delaware, 

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DNREC's permit to Chrysler, includes plantwide applicability 

limits on air emi&&iohs, or "PALs," to implement the 

Administration's "reinvention initiatives". The goals of the 

initiatives ar^) t? p^oyide*•^U•i:S^^••i^u^1ary with more operational 

flexibility to reL-<)ond quickly tol marketplace changes, thereby 

enhancing its cvonbmic competitiveness.1 

"The PAL p&cmit is a win for. the environment, a win for the 

economy and a win for the community," said w. Michael McCabe, 

EPA's Region III (which includes Delaware) Administrator. It 

locks in good jobs in the community/ but not at the expense of 

air quality or public health." 

The permit's PALs will allow Chrysler to modify its 
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facility's operations, without having to wait for pre-approval 

permits, as long as emissions from the plant are kept under the 

established PALs. However^ the PALs do not relieve Chrysler of 

its obligation to meet ^hbrlpermremi^sion rates established to 

protect air quality. Nor do the PALs relieve Chrysler from any 

of the Clean Air Act's air toxics requirements. 

The permit issued to Chrysler for the modernization of the 

Newark facility calls for the most state-of-the-art and effective 

controls for the plant's new topcoating operation and requires an 

overall reduction in emissions of volatile organic compounds, 

which contribute to ozone violations. Uhder the permit, Chrysler 

will employ pollution prevention measures such as the use of 

water-based and reformulated coatings to reduce hazardous air 

pollutants, and •••.ilization of a paint sludge drying 

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operation for off-site recycling., ,, \-

The promotion of the,PAL coh|cept is vih -line with the 

Environmental ProtectiOn^^A^SS^fs^iEPA^^ Common Sense Initiative 

which encourages streamlining l in J tare.*! environmental permitting 

process for seven industrial sectors,, one of which is automobile 

manufacturing. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and 

Environmental Control (DNREC) gave final approval for the permit 

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