This agreement settles an enforcement case brought by EPA against Aerospace last September.
Aerospace tests aircraft parts for foreign and domestic companies.
From December 1997 to June 2000, the company was not complying with federal air toxics regulations for degreasing machines. Aerospace's degreaser emitted trichloroethylene, or TCE, at twice its legal emission rate. TCE is a hazardous air pollutant and a probable carcinogen. Long-term exposure can cause lung, nerve, kidney and liver damage. With EPA's enforcement action looming, the company stopped using the degreaser and eliminated its TCE emissions in June 2000.