Economic Dislocation Early Warning System: 1980-1982 Quarterly Report


            ECONOMIC DISLOCATION




            EARLY WARNING  SYSTEM









        1980 -  1982 Quarterly  Report
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY




           Washington, D. C.  20460

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         liMITI H SI A ITS f NVIRONMTNTAI  PROTFCTION AGFNCY
                       WA'.I iirn . n >ri. i > '.  .-iMi.il
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Honorjbltj Raymond Donovan
Secretary of Labor
Washington, D.C.  20210

Dear Mr. Secretary:

     In accordance with  the  1971  agreement  between  DOL and EPA,
I am submitting the  1982 fourth-quarter  report  of  the Economic
Dislocation Early Warning System.   This  report  was  established
to alert such agencies as DOL, SBA,  and  EDA of  industrial  plants
and workers who may  need financial  or  employment  assistance
because of production curtailments  or  closures  that the plants'
managers attribute to environmental regulations.   The reporting
system excludes potential or actual plant closings  affecting
fewer than 25 workers.

     During this quarter, National  Steel Corporation closed a
sinter plant division in Weirtoh, West Virginia," rather than  meet
the $16.5 million necessary  for pollution abatement,  thereby
laying off 150 employees.  National Steel had threatened to shut
down all of its steelmaking operations at Weirton  in the first
quarter of 1982.  The company is  negotiating for  emission  credits
under the EPA emission trading (bubble) program.   If the credits
are granted, this could be a temporary shut down.   Attachment A
contains further information regarding this plant.

     Also during this quarter, EPA  reduced  by 258  its estimate
ot the number of jobs threatened  by environmental  requirements
at two other plants.  These plants,  which resolved  their com-
pliance problems, are Jones Brewing Company in  Smithfield,
Pennsylvania,  and Shenango Inc. in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.
Attachment B contains further detail on  these two plants.

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     Besides the information provided on recent actual and
threatened plant closings in Attachments A and B, Attachment C
summarizes cumu] itive data on- economic dislocation reported
since 1971.  EPA has identified the closures of 155 plants, in-
volving 32,899 jobs, that were partly related to environmental
requirements.  An additional 29 plants currently claim that
environmental requirements may cause them to close.  During the
ten-year period, however, a much larger number of plants have
reported threatened closings.  More than half of those plants
eventually resolved their compliance problems and remained in
operation.

     State enforcement action was responsible for 55 percent of
the total actual closings, reOeral enforcement for 20 percent,
combined state and federal enforcement for 14 percent, and local
enforcement for 7 percent.  The remaining 4 percent of the closings
occurred in advance of enforcement deadlines or as a result of
civil actions.

     The layoffs continue to be concentrated in the following four
industries: primary metals, chemicals, paper, and food processing.
These industries claim 72 percent of the actual jobs lost and 94
percent of the threatened jobs.

     As they learn of these situations, our regional offices report
actual and potential layoffs directly to the regional offices of
the Department of Labor, the Economic Development Administration,
and the Small Business Administration.

     Your staff should direct any inquiries concerning this report
to Marc Jones (382-2761) in EPA's Economic Analysis Division.

                                Sincerely yours,
                                Lee Verstandig
                                Acting Administrator
Enclosures

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ATTACHMENT A
SHEET. l__ OF.
October 1, 1982 -
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM DATE. n«-~ 5LJ!?2
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT
NAME I ADDRESS
National 'Steel Corporation
Weirton Steel Division
Weirton, W. Va. 26062









TYPE OF
PLANT
SIC 3312
PRIMARY METALS
Integrated
Steel Hill








NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM
Closure-Sinter
Machine Plant 2









DATE OF
EVENT
Deoenber 1982









ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT
LOST JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT
150/8300









ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
Federal, State









CONTROL
PROBLEM
Particulate
matter mass
and visible
emission
standards
tor windbox,
discharge
end, and
cooler end
at Sinter
Machine
No. 2
LOSSES
COMMENTS
National Steel closed its sinter plant
rather than invest the additional $16.5
million necessary for pollution abatement.
Also/ continued operation would have
resulted in approximately a SI. 9 million
federal penalty liability. The shutdown
of the plant results in the less of 150
jobs. Itierefore, we have reduced the
number of threatened jobs at National
Steel's Weirton Division to 8,150. This
was initially reported in the 1982 first-
quarter report dated June 28, 1982.

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ATTACHMENT B
SHEET-
           OF.
October 1, 1982 -
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM DATE: -— - -,-
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME & ADDRESS
REMOVED f BOM THREATENED
LIST: Jones Brewing Co.
P.O. Box 746
Smithfield. Pa. 15479


TYPE OF
PLANT
SIC 2082
BEVERAGES
Malt Beverages


NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM



PROBABILITY



THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT



ENFORCEMENT
ACTION



CONTROL
PROBLEM



COMMENTS
Jones Brewing Ccnpany has come to a satis-
factory agreement with the ComcnweaHh of
Pennsylvania. Thus, 58 jobs previously
threatened were saved. This was initially
reported in the 1981 fourth-quarter report
dated June 15, 1982.

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ATTACHMENT
SHEET.
OF.
October 1 inn.
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM DATE: "ssasadi^
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME & ADDRESS
REMOVED FROM THREATENED
LIST: Shenango, Inc.
Neville Island
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15225



TYPE OF
PLANT
SIC 3312
PRIHARlf
Iron and Coke




NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM





PROBABILITY





THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT





ENFORCEMENT
ACTION





CONTROL
PROBLEM





COMMENTS
Shenango was able to meet the U.S. and
Allegheny County permit limit before the
deadline of December 31, 1982. Therefore,
we removed 200 jobs from the threatened
list. This was Initially reported in the
1982 third-quarter report dated January 14,
1983.

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                                                                                          ATTACHMENTC
                                                                                            SHEET 1  OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED—ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS WHERE
  POLLUTION  CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR  1,2

                                JANUARY 1971 THRU DECEMBER 1982
N. PLANTS
REGIONS \
1
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
CHEMICALS AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS
(1)
4
(1)
3
1
6
0)
3
(1)
3

1

21
14
4
14
PRIMARY METAL
INDUSTRIES

2
7
(3)
5
10
(2)
5
1
2
5

37
23
8
27
PAPER AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS
1
4

1
4
(1)
1


1
2
14
9
1
3
FOOD AND
KINDRED PRODUCTS

2
3
(3)

5
(2)
3

8
(D
2
23
15
6
21
STONE, CLAY, GLASS,
AND CONCRETE PRODS.

1
(D


7
(1)



4
1
13
8
2
7
FABRICATED
METAL PRODUCTS
1
(1)
3
2
0)






1
7
2
7.
OTHER INDUSTRIES3
5
(1)
9
9
(1)
2
(D
9
(1)



1
(2)
5
40
26
6
21
TOTALS
7
(3)
25
(2)
24
(8)
9
(1)
41
(6)
9
(3)
7
2
20
(6)
11
155
100
29
100
           NOTES:
            1. Economic dislocation information n complied «nd reported bv the EPA Regional Offices
            2. Dislocations involving fewer than 25 jobs are NOT reported.
            3. "Other industries" consists of a" industries which rank below the top si* in terms of actual
              dislocations.

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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 2 OF 3
JOBS AFFECTED—ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO
BE A FACTOR 1,2

JANUARY 1971 THRU DECEMBER 1982

V
\v JOBS
\v
>v
REGION \

1
II

III

V
VI

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT

CO
^ t-
Q 0
< Q
13 tr
^ ^*
OQ
5*
Ul _J
X -"
0 <

(85)
1505
(210)
654

2770
(1300)
743
(75).
850

6618
20

1670
7

L.
s£
>" ££•
5v-
< to
IE
£S

124

787
(8408)
942

5860
(5130)
1440

70
1500

713
(4360)

11436
35

17898
79

CO
0
O
9§

UI
< t-
—1 Ul
occ
*o
2§

30
(65)

692
(150)

803

1575
5

215.
1

to
0
LU O
I— cc
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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 3 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED: ACTUAL AND (THREATENED] CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR
BY CONTROL PROBLEM AND ENFORCEMENT ACT1CN1,2
JANUARY 1971 THRU DECEMBER 1982
CONTROL
PROBLEM
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

REGION

II
III

VII

Vlll

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT

c
2
(1)
15
(D
14
(2)
6

20
(4)
8

(1)
2

9
(5)
5

83
53

14
48

WATER
4
(1).
7
(D
10
(5)
1

16
(D
1

(2)
5

7
(D
3

54
35

11
38

cn
1

5
(D

15
10

1
4

OTHER

(1)

3
2

3
10

STATE
1
(2)
23

16
(3)
3

16
(4)
7

84
55

9
31.
_i
FEDERA
3
(1)
1
(1)
6
(5)
3

7
h)
1

(3)
1

7
(3)
2

31
20

14
48
_j
FEDERA
& STATE
1

1
(2)
2

22
14

2
7

LOCAL

1
(0)
1

1
(1)
3

10
7

1
4

OTHER :
2

(1)
1
(1)
1

8
4

3
10

TOTALS
7
(3)
25
(2)
24
(8)
9

(1)
41
(6)
9

(3)
7

20
(6)
11

155
100

29
100.
NOTES:
1. Economic dislocation information is complied end reported by the EPA Regional Offices.
2. Dislocations involving fewer than 25 jobs ara NOT reported.
2. "Other" includes civil actions, cases where no enforcement action v,as init/tuted. and
cases where the type of action was NOT reported.
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20460
JAN 14 1983
THE ADMINISTRATOR
Honorable Raymond Donovan
Secretary of Labor
Washington, D.C. 20210

Dear Mr. Secretary:
£8613

b
Environmental
Protection Agency
Repion P

MAR 21983

LIBRARY
In accordance with the 1971 agreement between DOL and EPA,
I am submitting the 1982 third-quarter report of the Economic
Dislocation Early Warning System. This report was established
to alert such agencies as DDL, SBA, and EDA of industrial plants
and workers who may need financial or employment assistance
because of production curtailments or closures that the plants'
managers attribute to environmental regulations. The reporting
system excludes potential or actual plant closings affecting
fewer than 25 workers.

Two threatened closings were reported during the quarter:
(1) the sinter plant at U.S. Steel Fairless Works in Fairless,
Pennsylvania, affecting 185 jobs, and (2) Shenango, Inc., an
iron and coke plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, affecting 200
jobs. No actual closings were reported.

State enforcement actionjwas responsible for 55 percent of
the total actual closings, federal enforcement for 20 percent,
combined state and federal enforcement for 14 percent, and local
enforcement for 7 percent. The remaining 4 percent of the closings
occurred in advance of enforcement deadlines or as a result of
civil actions.
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The layoffs continue to be concentrated in the following four
industries: primary metals, chemicals, paper, and food processing.
These industries claim 72 percent of the actual jobs lost and 94
percent of the threatened jobs.

As they learn of these situations, our regional offices report
actual and potential layoffs directly to the regional offices of
the Department of Labor, the Economic Development Administration,
and the Small Business Administration.

Your staff should direct any inquiries concerning this
report to Marc Jones (382-2761) in EPA1s Economic Analysis
Division.

Sincerely yours,

Anne M. Gorsuch

Anne M. Gorsuch
Enclosures
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ATTICHMCMT »
SHUT.
IF.
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT
July 1 through
DATE: September 30. 1982
ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME I ADDRESS
TYPE OF
PUNT
NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM
DATE OF
EVENT
LOST JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT
ENFORCEMENT
AC I ION
CONTROL
PROBLEM
COMMENTS
TBERJC KERB HO NEW ACTUAL DISLOCATIONS REPORTED DURING THIS QUARTER
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ATTACHMENT I
SHEET.
1
Of.
July 1 throuqh
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM D«l: •*«£»?»•,
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME t ADDRESS
Region III
U.S. Steel Fairies* Marks
Fairies* HUU, PA 19030

TYPE OF
PLANT

SIC 3312
PRIMARY HCTALS
Integrated
Steel Mill

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

Curtailed Pro-
duction — Sinter
Plant only

PROBABILITY

Hadltn

THREATENED JQBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

185/5000

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

federal

CONTROL
PROBLEM

Mr-
Particulate
BtlMion*

COMMENTS

Rather than Make the necessary 920*
$30 Million capital expenditure for
pollution control, U.S. Steel manage-
ment !• considering closing the
Palrless sinter plant. The plant
is near the end of its useful life,
The reduced denand for steel has
already cut 2,500 jobs at the fair-
lean works. As U.S. steel 1« the
priMary employer in the community,
this curtailment will e«»cerbate an
already serious problem.
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s«u
I
or.
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT
July 1 thruwjh
Septenber30,982
THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME I ADDRESS
TYPE OF
PUNT
NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM
PROSABItlTY
THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
CONTROL
PROBLEM
COMMENTS
Ragion tit
Shenango, Inc.
Neville island
Pittsburgh, PA 15225
SIC 3312
PRlHMlt
iron and Coke
Curtailed
Production
Low
200/250
local
Air -
Smokestack
Emissions
If the plant is unable to comply
with the environmental require-
ments by December 3, 1982, Shenango
may be Corce to shut It down. Shen-
ango has the option of starting up
a new, cleaner and more economical
coke battery, with improved operat-
ing and maintenance procedures, the
new battery could probably meet the
standards by December 31, 1982. In
this case, any curtailment ol pro-
duction may be more attributable to
low demands for coke than to environ-
mental requirements. The firm hss
stockpiled 73,000 tons ot coke.
NOTKl All other regions reported no new threatened dislocations during this quarter.
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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 1 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS WHERE
POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR 1,2

JANUARY 1971 THRU SEPTEMBER 1982
>v PLANTS
REGIONS \
1
II
lit
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
CHEMICALS AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS
(1)
4
(1)
3
1
6
(1)
3
(1)
3

21
14
4
13
PRIMARY METAL
INDUSTRIES

2
6
(4)
5
10
(2)
5
1
2
5
(3)

36
23
8
29
PAPER AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS
1
4

1
4
(1)
1

1
2
14
9
1
3
FOOD AND
KINDRED PRODUCTS

2
3
<4)

5
(2)
3

8
(D
2
23
15
7
23
STONE, CLAY, GLASS,
AND CONCRETE PRODS.

1
(D

7
(1)

4
1
13
8
2
6
FABRICATED
METAL PRODUCTS
1
(1)
3
2
0)

1
7
5
2
6
OTHER INDUSTRIES3
5
0)
9
9
(D
2
(1)
9
(1)

1
(2)
5
40
26
6
20
TOTALS
(3)
25
(2)
23
(10)
9
(D
41
(6)
9
(3)
7
2
20
(6)
11
154
100
31
100
NOTES:
I. Economic dislocation Information It complied »nc) r*port*d by ttw EPA Rectorial Office*
2. Diilocations involving fewer than 25 |otx an NOT rtportad.
3. "Other indjmiei" coniitti of til industriti which rank btlow tht top «lx In ttrmi of fcctinl
diiloationi.
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rti
SHEET 2 OF 3
JOBS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO
BE A FACTOR 1,2
JANUARY 1971 THRU SEPTEMBER 1982

N^JOBS
REGION \

1
II

V
VI

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT

ZD
CHEMICALS A
ALLIED PROD

(B5)
1505
(210)
654

2770
(1300)
743
(75)
850

6618
20

1670
7

«!'
PRIMARY ME!
INDUSTRIES

124

637
(8758)
942

5860
(5130)
1440

70
1500

713
(4350)

11286
34

18248
79

e
PAPER AND
ALLIED PROD
59

1677

217

690
(200)
370

103

815

3931
12

200
1.

Cft
o
FOOD AND
KINDRED PRO

252

154
(610)

386

(693)
297

595
(300)
168

1852
6

1603
7
.
V7 tO
So
OK
STONE, CLAY,
& CONCRETE

30
(65)

692
(150)

803

1575
5

215
1

g
FABRICATED
METAL PRODI
30
(35)
750

102
(25)

965
3

60
0
CO
V)
cc
O
cc
UJ
Z
840
(74)
924

1437
(140)
240
(55)
2473
(90)

35
(775)
570

6519
20

1134
6

TOTALS
929
(194)
5262
(275)
2984
(9533)
1449
(55)
12871
(6870)
2556
(768)
1217
1500

2295
(5460)
1686

32749
100

23130
100
NOTES:
1. Economic dislocation rntormition t* compilM §nd rtpprttd by the EPA Rtflionil Offio*l.
2. Ditlocttiont Involving fewtr th*n 25 jobs are NOT r»port*d.
3. "Other Industries" eontiru of all intfutviei which r«hk below the top tin in ttrmt of «cto«l
diitooitiotu.
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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 3 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED: ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR
BY CONTROL PROBLEM AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONU
JANUARY 1971 THRU SEPTEMBER 1982
CONTROL
PROBLEM
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

REGION

II
III

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
If

jr
2
(D
15
(1)
13
(3)
6

20
(4)
8
(D
2

9
(5)
5

82
53

15
48

WATER
4
(1)
7
(D
10
(6)
1

16
(1)
1
(2)
5

7
(D
3

54
35

12
39

BC
1

5
(1)

15
10

1
3

OTHER

(1)

3
2

3
10

UJ
i
i
U)
23

16
<4)
3

16
(4)
7

84
55

10
33
.j
FEDERA
3
0)
1
(1)
6
(5)
3

7
(1)
1
(3)
1

7
(3)
2

31
20

14
45
•J...
FEDERA
& STATE
1

1
(2)
2

21
14

2
6

1
(1)
1

1
(1)
3

10
7

2
6
tfM
OTHER :
2

(D
1
(1)
1

8
4

3
10

TOTALS
7
(3)
25
(2)
23
(10)
9

er» th* typi c1 »ction wti NOT rtpornd.
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5 vVjTZ^" UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AG't
WASHINGTON. DC. 20460
NOV22 1382

ADMINISTRATOR
Reefon 9
Honorable Raymond Donovan .„..«
Secretary of Labor DEC ^ "
Washington, D.C. 20210 V
UBRMN
Dear Mr. Secretary:

In accordance with the 1971 agreement between DOL and EPA,
I am submitting the 1982 second-quarter report of the LEcpnomic,
Dislocation Earlv Warning System.] This report was established
To alert such agencies as DOL, SBA, and EDA of industrial plants
and workers who may need financial or employment assistance
because of production curtailments or closures that the plants'
managers attribute to environmental regulations. The reporting
system excludes potential or actual plant closings affecting
fewer than 25 workers.

American Brick Company's plant in Chicago, Illinois, did
not open as usual in May because it had not met the requirements
in its consent decree. This action affected 135 jobs. The company
is negotiating with EPA concerning tests of a new pollution control
system that might bring the plant into compliance with environ-
mental requirements and enable it to reopen. Attachment A con-
tains further detail on this plant.

Also during this quarter, EPA reduced by 500 its estimate of
the number of jobs threatened by environmental requirements at
two plants. These plants are National Steel's primary steel-making
facilities in Weirton, West Virginia, and Oxford Royal Mushroom
Product's facility in Kelton, Pennsylvania. Attachment B contains
further detail on these two plants.

Besides the information provided on recent actual and
threatened plant closings in Attachments A and B, Attachment C
summarizes cumulative data on economic dislocations reported
since 1971. EPA has identified the closures of 154 plants, in-
volving 32,749 jobs, that were partly related to environmental
requirements. An additional 29 plants currently claim that
environmental requirements may cause them to close. During the
ten-year period, however, a much larger number of plants have
reported threatened closings. More than half of those plants
eventually resolved their compliance problems and remained in
operation.
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State enforcement action was responsible for 55 percent of
the total actual closings, federal enforcement for 20 percent,
combined state and federal enforcement for 14 percent, and local
enforcement for 7 percent. The remaining 4 percent of the closings
occurred in advance of enforcement deadlines or as a result of
civil actions.

The layoffs continue to be concentrated in the following four
industries: primary metals, chemicals, paper, and food processing.
These industries claim 72 percent of the actual jobs lost and 94
percent of the threatened jobs.

Your staff should direct any inquiries concerning this
report to Anne Cassin (382-2778) in EPA's Economic Analysis
Division.

Sincerely yours,
Anne M. Gorsuch
Enclosures
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ATTACHMENT A
SHEET.
1
OF.
April 1 Throuah
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
DATE' June 30, 1982

QUARTER SUMMARY REPORT ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME I ADORES*
Region V
American Brick
Company
6558 Meat
Fullertcn St.
Chicago, 111.
60635

TYPE OP
PUNT

SIC 3251
STUNG
CLAY,
GLASS AND
CONCRETE
PRODUCTS
Brick,
and
Structural
Clay Tile

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

Closure

DATE OF
EVENT

LOST JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

135/135

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

Federal

NOTE: Regions I. II, in, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X
reported that there were no new actual dislo-
cations during this quarter.

CONTROL
PROBLEM

Air-
Ambient
Air
Quality
Standard
for S021
visible
emissions
and par-
tial la tea

COMMENTS

During the first quarter of 1982, EPA
reported American Brick as a threatened
closure because the company had not net
the requirements in its consent decree.
The company requested an extension to
experiment with a new type of pollution
control system that might enable It to
cone into compliance at less expense
than the system It had agreed to
install. Because it was unwilling
to meet EPA1 s conditions for an
extension of its compliance deadline,
the company sought a court order
extending its deadline in the U.S.
District Court. The court upheld
EPA' s position, ruling that there
were no circumstances beyond the
company's control that interfered
with its ability to comply. There-
fore, American Brick did not open in ;
Nay for its usual nine month season.
American Brick has responded to some
of EPA's preconditions for reopening
negotiations — providing evidence
that it will be able to finance
the $1,500,000 pollution control
system, and a new, detailed
technical proposal. It hopes to
reach an agreement with EPA that
will enable It to begin testing
the system this fall. If the
system is effective, the com-
pany will reopen in late 1982
or early 1983.
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ATTACHMENT I
SHEET.
1
OF.
April 1 Through
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM nATP June 30> 19B2
bi n fewtvv ITII w Mivbwniivii B»ni%i» i 1 1 n 11 11 111 u w I w I i»ifi ••-•.»—» ••^•••-••_«BMHHn»
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME I ADDRESS
REMOVE FROM
THREATEN*!) LIST
National Steel
Corporation
WBirton, W. Va.
26062

TYPE OF
PLANT

SIC 3312
PRIHARX
INDUSTRIES
Integrated
Steel Mill

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

PROBABILITY

THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

CONTROL
PROBLEM

COMMENTS

National Steel closed down its
28-year-old mainland coke battery
at Weir too for economic, rather
than environmental, reasons.
This closure affected 200 joba.
Therefore, we are reducing to
8,300 our original estimate of
the number of joba threatened
by environmental requirements
at the Heirton facility.
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ATTACHMENT B
SHEET_1_ OF 1
April 1 Through
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM D4TF' June 30< 1982
kirift»wui«uifiivui«ibwvniiijiiLnitLi finniiiiiMviwibin ^»» • »* ._ . - _
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME I ADDRESS
Region III
Oxford Royal
Mushroom Products
Inc.
Route 796
Kelton, Pa.
19346

TYPE OF
PLANT

SIC 2003
CANNED AND
PRESERVED
FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES
Canned Pruits,
Vegetables,
Preserves,
Jams and
Jellies

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

NOTE! Re.
PROBABILITY

lions I, II, III
THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

IV, V, VI, VII, VIII,
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

IX and X
reported that there were no new threatened
di
s locations durin
this quarter.

CONTROL
PROBLEM

COMMENTS

Rathar than install a $100,000
waste treatment plant. Oxford
Royal experimented with a 525,000
system of lagoons. EPA originally
included Oxford Royal on its list
of plants threatening to close
because it was uncertain whether
the lagoons would be effective.
Although the system is effective,
the company ceased production in
June. The increasing preference
of American consumers for fresh
mushrooms and competition from
low-priced imports of processed
mushroons were responsible for
the closure. Because the closure
was not related to environmental
requirements, we have reduced the
number of threatened jobs by the
300 full-tima positions lost at
the plant.

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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 1 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED—ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS WHERE
POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR U

JANUARY 1971 THRU JUNE 1982

N. PLANTS
REGIONS \

III

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT

ALS AND
PRODUCTS
CHEMIC
ALLIED

(1)
4
(1)
3

6
(1)
3
ID.
3

21
14

4
14

is
PRIMAR
INDUST

6
(2)
5

10
(2)
5

36
23

7
24

VND
PRODUCTS
QC uj
UJ —
0. J
1

4
(1)
1

14
9

1
3
CO
ND
D PRODUCl
§1

3
(4)

(2)
3

8
(1)
2

23
15

7
24
,- Q
SSo
CLAY. GLAI
NCRETE PR
STONE.
AND CO

1
(1)

7
(1)

13
8

2
7

ATED
PRODUCTS
£<
<£
u-5
1
(D
3

2
0)

7
S

2
7
CO
NDUSTRIE;
OTHER
5
(D
9

9
(1)
2

(1)
9
(D

1
(2)
5

40
26

6.
21

TOTALS
7
(3)
25
(2)
23
(8)
9

(1)
41
(6)
9
(3)
7

20
(6)
11

154
100

29
100
NOTES:
t. Economic dhtoatlon Mormnion h compUtd and rtportad by tht EPA Rtgkxwl Off lew
2. Oitloationt involving f«w*r th«n 25 loot «ni NOT rtpomd.
3. "Otti^ induitrW coniifts of ill induitrix which rink txlow tht top rix In t*rm< of *ctiMl
dUtoatlom.
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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 2 OF 3
JOBS AFFECTED—ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO
BE A FACTOR 1,2
JANUARY 1971 THRU JUNE 1982

>v JOBS
REGION \

I
U

III

V
VI

Vll

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT

CO
ofc
z z>
< a
3I
<°-
CHEMIC
ALLIED

(85)
1505
(210)
654

2770
(1300)
743
(75),
850

6618
20

1670
7

_,
i«
* UJ
>" Jr
PRIMAR
INDUSTI

124

637
(8373)
942

5860
(5130)
1440

70
1500

713
(4360)

11286
34

17863
79

CO
d
3
a
i =
Z°-
PAPER /
ALLIED
59

1677

217

690
(200)
370

103

815

3931
12

200
1

e
a
o
CC
a*
z a
§1
U. XL

252

154
(610)'

386

(693)
297

595
(300)
168

1852
6

1603
7

3o
cs lov« tht top fix In ttrrra
di«toertteo«.
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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 3 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED: ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR
BY CONTROL PROBLEM AND ENFORCEMENT ACT ION 1,2
JANUARY 1971 THRU JUNE 1982
CONTROL
PROBLEM
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

REGION

II
III

IV
v

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT

Involving **w*r thin 25 jo to trt NOT upoi'Ud.
3. "Otlwr" Inckidti civil «ctloni. cam wtwn no •nforonMnt «ctk>n mm Intthund, md
cam when ttw typ* of Ktton WM NOT raporud.
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.1 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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In 1980, Medusa Cement stopped operating two of its gray
cement kilns and jLaid off 75 workers. It waited until September
1981, however, to" decide to close these kilns permanently and
to close its third gray cement kiln, raising the total number
of affected workers to 160. Because these kilns were old and
had fuel costs that were 20 to 50 percent higher than those of
newer kilns, the company was unable to compete in the increasingly
depressed market for gray cement regardless of environmental
control requirements. Thus, we excluded this curtailment from
the report. The company will continue to produce white cement,
as it is one of only two plants in the Northeast which produce
this material.

State enforcement action was responsible for 55 percent of
the total actual closings, Federal enforcement for 20 percent,
combined State and Federal enforcement for 14 percent, and local
enforcement for 7 percent. The remaining 4 percent of the closings
occurred in advance of enforcement deadlines or as a result of
civil actions.

The layoffs continue to be concentrated »in the following
four industries: primary metals, chemicals, paper, and food
processing. These industries claim 72 percent of the actual
jobs lost and 94 percent of the threatened jobs.

Our regional offices are continuing to report actual and
potential layoffs directly to the Department of Labor's regional
offices as soon as they learn of these situations. We provide
similar reports to the regional offices of the Economic
Development Administration and the Small Business Administration.

Your staff should direct any inquiries concerning this
report to Anne Cassin (382-2778) in EPA's Economic Analysis
Division.
Sincerely yours,
Anne M. Gorsuch

Enclosures
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ATTACHMENT I
S1CU_J If L
•Ally 1 through
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM DiTE> S€fu*«;,,»f mi
QUARTERLY SUMHAIV UNIT ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME 1 ABIRESS

TYPE OF
PUNT
NOTE
All
NATUIE OF
•ISLOCATION
PIOILEH
i
Ktqlorw r«i>oc
DATE OF
EVENT

t«d that th«re
LOST JOIS/
TOTAL PLANT
EUPLOVUENT

w«r« no n«w aot>uil
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

dinloc*tlon«
COMTIOL
PIOILEM

ChU qiwctt
CIHHENTS

r.
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•nuiMUT I
titu 1 «„
July i through
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM D1TP' ***-** »• »•»
fcl n fc W VW W Imll W •* f*r fclPlrFl • V W*V *»•*!•••• • WW vm**V«V W W • MP 9 •»••
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT
NAME 1 ADDRESS
tjpata Haynie Corp.
Raadvllla, Virginia
2»M

TYPE OF
PUNT
SIC 2077
FOOD MO
KINDRED
PRODUCTS
Marina rata

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PRORLEM
C1O6URE

PIOIADILITY
UM

THREATENED IOIS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT
280/280

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
m*HM.

CONTROL
PROILEM
STTOM4
OUMJTY
S1MOMC6
(BOn,tB8,
PH)

LOSSES
COMMENTS
Altamativo wya to reaolw* tha pUnt'*
pollution pcoblot ar« undar oonMderaticn,
including (11 inatallation of a twat*
tnaOKnt plant and 12) tranaportaticn of
th* plant 'a waate by barg* or pipe into
th* bay, Mhar« abandarda for Ih* ««at*>
uatac wooM ba lara (tringant. ZapaU
Haynio would hav* to inv«*t aa atuh aa
$410,000 to install • uaat* traabtont
plant. Rathor than Mko thia InvwtMnt,
tha oaapany night ahut down th* facility
and tranater acM of it* production CD
another of ita food praoaMlng planU.
Since thia plant U a primary wployar
in a ooMunity alraady aufforing (roa
high
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ATTACKMUT
WtIT L-
IF.
July 1 through
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM nut **>«—« ». IMI
fci v* • wn^vnvi w w wfc wn • • wn fcnni* • n »»•• n II*H w • w • km »•»••• ^^^^^^M^^^^^^^^^K^
MAITEILY SNMMAIV IEPQIT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME 1 AOOIESS
Standard Product!, Inc.
Madvllto. Virginia
2253*

TYPE OF
PUNT
SIC 2077
FUX) MO
KINTffiO
PHDOUCTS
Mucino r«U
•nd Oils

HATUIE OF
DISLOCATION
PIOBLEH
CLOUJKK

KTICi
PIOIAIILITY
iat

feqifxa I. II,
TNIEATENEI JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT
188/108

IV, V, VI, VII, VIII,
ENFOICEMENT
ACTION
FfXBtAL

IX, and X rcporta
CONTIOl
PIOILEH
STREAM
QUMJTK
GTWOMV6
IBOn.TBB,
P"!

1 that
there wera no new threatened plant ctoaum or curtalliMnts

during this qu*
urter.

COMMENTS
Ut*m>tiv« %oy» to rMolv* th* pUnt'i
pollution problai u« und«r ooraidvation.
including (1) IrataLUtion of • wut*
trutmnt pUnt and (2( traraportation oC
th« pUnt'a uwta by bargo or pip* out
into tha lay. Own atandarda tor ttw
uutaAter would ba U*i Btrii^ant.
Standard Product* would h»v« to invaat
aa auoti aa $353,000 to inataH a wMta
traaMant plant. Rathar than aaka thia
invaatBant, the onpany aUght anut does
the facility and tranafer ana of ita
production to anottw of it* food
prooMaing plant*.
Slnoa thia plant ia a priaary aiaylnvai'
in a ooaaunity already mat faring (ran
high unaBplapantt ita oloaura would
htva> a alqnif leant iapaot on tha
ocawnity.

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ATTUMttIT I
SKIT.
IF.
July 1 ttuv-juh
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM BA«: ***-*« » IMI
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME I ADDRESS
two/L not imewRMD
LIST:

N.J. fin; Division
Gulf and WMtnrn
Industrie*
MMtinwille, Virginia
24312
TYPE OF
PUNT
SIC 1031
MRM.K1KUC
tin; Or*

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

PIOIAIILITV

THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

CONTROL
PROBLEM

COMMENTS
N.J. Zinc !• clcaing thl« ndna because
Lta fappiy of zinc cr» haa b*«n d«pl«tad.
not kMcauM of pollution control rvgula-
duom. Sena of the workers m«y nov« to
Tenneuac, hauBvar, wh*r« th« oc«|»iy
has opened •nothnr mine.

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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 3 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED: ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR
BY CONTROL PROBLEM AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION1-2
JANUARY 1971 THRU SEPTEMBER 1981
CONTROL
PROBLEM
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
REGION

1
||

IV
v

VII
VIII
IX

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
K
<
2
(1)
IS
<11
13

19
(4)
8
(1)
2
2
9
<3)
6

81
S3

10
38
WATER
4
(1)
7
(1)
10
(61
1

16
(1)
1
(2)
6

7
«)
3

64
36

12
46
AIR ft
WATER
1

5
(1)

•2

15
10

1
4
OTHER

(1)

3
2

3
12
IU
fc
i
(2)
23

16
P)
3

16
(4)
7

4
2
'9

64
65

t
36
FEDERAL
3
(1)
1
<1»
6
(4)
3

6
(1)
1
(3)
1

7
(1)
2

30
20

11
42
FEDERAL
ft STATE
1

1
<2)
2

21
14

2
8
LOCAL

1
(1)
3

10
7

1
4
n
ec
Ul
1
2

(1)

1
(1)
1
(1)
1

8
4

3
11
TOTALS
7
(3)
25
(2)
23
a)
9
(1)
40
(6)
9
(3)
7
2
20
(4)
11

163
100

26
100
«.
*.
' Man K (•*•••» MOT i
MOT "i
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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 1 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS WHERE
POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR 1,2

JANUARY 1871 THRU SEPTEMBER 1981

>v PLANTS
REGIONS \
I

III

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
to
o h
CHEMICALS Ah
ALLIED PRODI*

(1)
4
(1)
3

6
(1)
3
(1)
3

21
14

4
15

<
PRIMARY MET
INDUSTRIES

6
(1)
5

10
(2)
5

5
(2)

36
24

5'
18
P
jb
DQ
i§
ij
1

4
(1)
1

14
•

1
4
£
5
FOOD AND
KINDRED PROD

3
(4)

C2)
3

8
(IJ
2

23
IB

7
27
2 o
OOL
STONE, CLAY.
AND CONCRETE

1
(1)

6
(1)

12
•

2
f
e
£
FABRICATED
METAL PRODI
1
(1)
3

2
(11

7
4

2
§
to
UJ
OTHER INDUSTR
5
(1)
9

9
(1)
2
(1)
9
(1)

1
(1)
5

40
26

S
18

TOTALS
7
(3)
25
(2)
23
(7)
9
(1)
40
(6)
9
(3)
7

20
(4)
11

153
100

26
100
a. OWecnloiM tovo
*. ~M«*r fciamiim
*•< J» lota tn NOT
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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 2 OF 3
JOBS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO
BE A FACTOR 1.2
JANUARY 1971 THRU SEPTEMBER 1981

X JOBS
REGIONS \

III

VI
VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
c
zSg

CHEMICALS
ALLIED PROt

(85)
1505
(210)
654

2770
(1300)
743
(75)
860

6618
20

1670
16

*• **,

PRIMARY MI
INDUSTRIE

124

637
(73)
942

5660
(5130)
1440

70
1500

713
(1360)

11286
34

6663
80
.
5

•!
59

1677

217

690
(200)
370

103

815

3931
12

200
2
§
i

FOOD ANI
KINDRED PRI

252

154
(852)

386

(693)
297

595
(300)
168

1852
•

1845
17
§1
OGC

STONE. CLAY
ft CONCRETE)

30
(65)

657
(150)

803

1440
6

216
2
§
00

FABRICATE
METAL PRC
30
(36)
750

102
(25)

965
S

60
0
"s
C

z
C
Ml
840
(74)
924

1437
(140)
240
(55)
2473
(90)

36
(25)
570

6519
20

284
4

TOTALS
929
(194)
6262
(275)
2984
(1090)
1449
(55)
12736
(6870)
2556
(768)
1217
1600

2295
(1710)
1686

32611
K»

10937
180
t-Cci
a. M
I «n* M>II»I| Mr «• tr*.
> •( *n
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20460
OCT13 1981 -:-;^^i^;-;^|
C- . '*$'<*'.% j::£?W:^;r*r'-

THE AOMINrSTRATOEUj > '
1 ' o^= .,•:•••
Honorable Raymond Donovan 0EC QA 1981
Secretary of Labor
Washington, D.C. 20210
UBRAK*
Dear Mr, Secretary:

In accordance with the 1971 agreement between DOL and EPA,
I am submitting the 1981 second quarter report of the (Economic
Dislocation Early Warning SystemJ This report was established
to alert such agencies as DOL,~SBA, and EDA of industrial plants
and workers who may need financial or employment assistance
because of curtailments of operations or closures that the plant
management attributes to environmental regulations. The reporting
system excludes potential or actual plant closings affecting
fewer than 25 workers.

During the quarter EPA identified two threatened closures
involving 119 jobs: H. Allen Smith, Inc. of Cheriton, Virginia,
and Maine Metal Finishing, Inc. of Gorham, Maine. There were
no actual closures.

Maine Metal Finishing is violating state ground water
quality standards and RCRA regulations. Because the company's
financial condition is weak, it will have difficulty obtaining
the funds needed for pollution control investment and may have
to shut down. EPA has notified federal assistance agencies as
well as the State Industrial Development Authority of this
possibility.

H. Allen Smith' s Cheriton food processing plant has been
unprofitable over the last few years. Because the plant is on
record for over 200 violations of state water quality standards
and its NPDES permit, the State of Virginia has asked the
Northampton County Circuit Court to issue an injunction to
prohibit the plant from operating. The court has delayed a
ruling on the case until September, when it will review the
plant's progress toward meeting its pollutant limits.
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Besides the information provided on recent actual and
threatened plant closings in Attachments A and B, Attachment C
summarizes cumulative data on economic dislocations reported
since 1971. EPA has identified the closures of 153 plants in-
volving 32,611 jobs that may have been related to environmental
requirements. An additional 25 plants currently claim that
environmental requirements may cause them to close. During the
ten-year period, however, a much larger number of plants have
reported threatened closings, but more than half of those plants
eventually resolved their compliance problems and remained in
operation.

State enforcement action was responsible for 55 percent of
the total actual closings, federal enforcement for 20 percent,
combined state and federal enforcement for 14 percent, and local
enforcement for 7 percent. The remaining 4 percent of the closings
occurred in advance of enforcement deadlines or as a result of
civil actions.

The layoffs continue to be concentrated in the following
four industries: primary metals, chemicals, paper, and food
processing. These industries claim 72 percent of the actual
jobs lost and 92 percent of the threatened jobs.

Our regional offices are continuing to report actual and
potential layoffs directly to the Department of Labor's regional
offices as soon as they learn of these situations. We also report
potential layoffs to the Economic Development Administration's
regional offices and those affecting small businesses to the
Small Business Administration's regional offices for possible
loan assistance.

Your staff should direct any inquiries concerning this
report to Anne Cassin at 382-2779 in EPA's Economic Analysis
Divison.
Sincerely yours,
Anne M. Gorsuch

Enclosures
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ATTACHMENT A
SHEET.
OF.
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT
April 1 through
DATE: ^unc 30, 1981
ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME I ADDRESS
TYPE OF
PUNT
NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM
DATE OF
EVENT
LOST JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
CONTROL
PROBLEM
COMMENTS
NOTE I
All Regions reported that there were no new actual dislocations this quarter.
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ATTACHMENT B
SHEET.J OF_L
April 1 through
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNIN6 SYSTEM
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT
NAME I ADDRESS
Region. _!.

Maine Metal
Finishing, Inc.
Rural Route
RPD 14
County Road
Gotham, Maine
04038

TYPE OF
PLANT
SIC 3471
FABRICATED
METAL
PRODUCTS
Plating
and Finish-
ing Metals

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM
Closure

PROBABILITY
High

THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT
35/35

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
State

CONTROL
PROBLEM
Water-
State
ground
water
quality
standards.
RCRA

DATfrJune 30, 1981

LOSSES
COMMENTS
Because part of the company's
current waste treatment system.
a subsurface leaching field.
is ineffective, the company is
violating state ground water
quality standards. In addition.
contrary to RCRA regulations.
the company has been disposing
of its hazardous sludge on-slte.
Preliminary estimates of the cost
to Install a direct discharge
treatment system range from
$200,000 to $400,000. To comply
with RCRA, the company will prob-
ably spend $100 to $200 par barrel'
to transport its hazardous wastes
outside the state. Because the
company's financial condition
is weak. It is unlikely that it
will be able to obtain the funds
from conventional private sources.
EPA has notified S8A, and other
federal assistance agencies as
well as the State Industrial
Development Authority that the
company may be forced to shut
down this plant if it is unable
to obtain the funds from other
sources.
This plant is one of two electro-
plating plants in Maine. The un-
skilled workers might have diffi-
culty finding work in this area.
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ATTACHMENT B
SHEET 2 OF L
April 1 through
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
DATt'June 30, 1981

QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME & ADDRESS
Region ll_I
II. Allen Smith, Inc.
Cheriton,, Va.
23316

TYPE OF
PLANT
SIC 2092
POOD AND
KINDRED
PRODUCTS
Fresh or
Frozen
Packaged
Fish and
Sea foods

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM
Closure

PROBABILITY
Medium

THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT
84/84

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
State

CONTROL
PROBLEM
Watcr-
NPDES
Permit,
Stream
Quality
Standards
(BOD, SS)

COMMENTS
In July 1981, the State of
Virginia filed a request
for an injunction with the
Northampton County Circuit
Court to prohibit the company
from operating this plant until
it has Installed a system to
adequately treat its wastes.
This plant is on record for
over 200 violations of stream
quality standards and Its NPDES
permit. In September 1981, after
hearing evidence of the progress
that the company has wade toward
meeting its pollutant limits, the
judge wJU render a final decision
on this case.
Estimates of the cost to install
a treatment system range from
$30,000 to $50,000. This plant
has been unprofitable for
the last few years. Workers might
have difficulty finding employment
in this rural area.
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ATTACHMENT B
SHEET 3 . OF_1
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT
NAME & ADDRESS
REMOVE FROM
THREATENED
LIST!
l».e_g_ion III
/o I vet Textile
iilackatono, Va.
'•;rks Associates, Inc.
-ouylaavllle, Pa.

TYPE OF
PLANT

SIC 2221
TEXTILE MILL
PRODUCTS
Broad Woven
Fabric Hills,
Min-Mad»
Flbor and
Silk
SIC 2992
PETROLEUM
RBREFIHIHG
Lubricating
Oils and
Greases
NOTE
Regie
new 1
NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

>ns II, IV, V,
:lireatanod pis
PROBABILITY

VI, VII, VII
nt closures o
THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

I, IX, and X report
r curtailments duri
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

ed that there v
rig this quartet
CONTROL
PROBLEM

rere no
*
April t thco'J-jt1
U4TF:J""* 30, 1981
LOSSES
COMMENTS

Because a military base has agreed
to accept this plant's waste dis-
charge , EPA has removed Vclvot
Textile from thr> list of plants
that are threatening to close.
Over the past few years higher
oil prices have made it attractive
Cor firms to burn their waste oil
rather than sell It to Berks, a
recycling firm. Consequently Berks
now employs fewer than 25 employ-
ees, the size criterion for the
Early Warning System. For this
reason, we have removed it from
the list of plants threatening
to close.

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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 1 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS WHERE
POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR 1,2
JANUARY 1971 THRU JUNE 1981
N. PLANTS
REGIONS \

III
.
IV

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
CHEMICALS AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS

(1)
4
(1)
3

6
(D
3
(1)
3

21
14

4
16
PRIMARY METAL
INDUSTRIES

6
(1)
5

10
(2)
5

5
(2)

36
24

5
20
PAPER AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS
1

4
(D
1

14
9

1
4
FOOD AND
KINDRED PRODUCTS

3
(2)

(2)
3

8
(1)
2

23
15

5
20
STONE, CLAY. GLASS,
AND CONCRETE PRODS

1
(1)

6
(1)

12
8

2
8
FABRICATED
METAL PRODUCTS
1

(1)
3

2
(1)

7
4

2
8
OTHER INDUSTRIES 3
5

(1)
9

9
(2)
2
(11
9
(1)

TOTALS
7

(3)
25
(2)
23
(6)f
9
(1)
40
(6)
9
(3)
7

1 20
(1)
5

40
26

6
24
14)
11

153
100

25
100
NOTES:
1. Economic dislocation information it compiled and reported by the EPA Regional Offices
2. Dislocations Involving fewer than 25 jobs are NOT reported.
3. "Other Industries" consists of all industries which rank below the top six in terms of actual
dislocations.
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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 2 OF 3
JOBS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO
BE A FACTOR 1,2
JANUARY 1971 THRU JUNE 1981

\JOBS
REGIONS \

III

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT

tn
CHEMICALS AND
LLI ED PRODUCT!
—
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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 3 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED: ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR
BY CONTROL PROBLEM AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION1*2
JANUARY 1971 THRU JUNE 1981
CONTROL
PROBLEM
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
REGION
1
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
oc
<
2
(1)
15
(1>
13
6
19
(4)
8
(1)
2
2
9
(3)
S
81
53
10
40
WATER
4
(1)
7
(1)
10
(5)
1
16
(1)
1
(2)
5

7
(1)
3
54
35
11
44
AIR&
WATER
1
3

2
5
(1)

2
2
15
10
1
4
OTHER
(1)

(1)
(1)

2
1
3
2
3
12
ID
5
to
1
(2)
23
16
(3)
3
16
(4)
7
4
2
9
3
84
55
9
36
FEDERAL
3
(1)
1
(1)
6
(3)
3
6
(1)
1
(3)
1

7
(1)
2
30
20
10
40
FEDERAL
& STATE
1
1

1
14

1
(2)
2
21
14
2
8
LOCAL

1
1
3

1
(1)
3
10
7
1
4
CO
cc
UJ
X
o
2
(1)

1
(1)
1
(1)
1

2
1
8
4
3
12
TOTALS
7
(3)
25
(2)
23
(6)
9
0)
40
(6)
9
(3)
7
2
20
(4)
11
153
100
25
100
NOTE:
1. Economic dislocation Information It compiled and reported by the EPA Regional Of licet.
2. Dislocations involving fewer than 25 jobs are NOT reported.
3. "Other" Includes civil actions, cases where no enforcement action was Instituted, end
cases where the type of action was NOT reported.
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..VE:: S--SV-ES E-.VJRCNMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
,V-3H:\G-C.N. 2.C. 20^60

JUL 2 0 1S81 |||f

CC^w'Sv;;
THE AOMINISTSATQR
AUG I? (0 11 fj!
Honorable Raymond Donovan
Secretary of Labor
Washington, D.C. 20210

Dear Mr. Secretary:

In accordance with the 1971 agreement between DOL and EPA,
I am submitting the 1981 first-quarter report of the J£njapjnic;
Di_slocation Early Warning System. This report was established
'to alert such agencies as DOL, SBA, and EDA of industrial plants
and workers who may need financial or employment assistance
because of curtailments of operations or closures that the plant
management attributes to environmental regulations. The reporting
system excludes potential or actual plant closings affecting
fewer than 25 workers.

During the quarter EPA identified a curtailment at Synthane
Taylor Corporation of West Norritan, Pennsylvania, that resulted
in the loss of 70 jobs, and the threatened closure of Oxford
Royal Mushroom Products of Kelta, Pennsylvania, involving 300
jobs. EPA also removed Automotive Battery Products of Los Angeles,
California, from its list of plants threatening to 01936, thereby
reducing the number of threatened jobs by 160.

EPA had listed Synthane"s threatened curtailment in the
fourth quarter 1980 report even though there was evidence that
the recession in the automobile and housing industries was making
production of vulcanized fiber uneconomical at its West Norritan
plant. Because the timing of the curtailment may have been
affected by environmental regulations, EPA, to be conservative,
has decided to list it as an actual curtailment in this report.
(Further details about Synthane Taylor are contained in Attachment
A.)

Oxford Royal Mushrooms, which has been convicted of violating
federal law, is building eight lagoons to treat its wastewater.
If EPA determines that this system is ineffective, it must,
under the Clean Water Act, prohibit Oxford Royal from selling
its product to the federal government. The company claims that
competition from importers would make it impossible to operate
under this restriction. (Further details about this threatened
closure are contained in Attachment B.)
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Attachment 3 also includes information regarding Automotive
Battery Products. Because the South Coast Air District Control
Board granted the company an exemption from local emissions
limitations for particulates, the company is no longer threatening
to close.

The layoffs continue to be concentrated in the following
four industries: primary metals, chemicals, paper, and food
processing. These industries claim 72 percent of the actual
jobs lost and 90 percent of the threatened jobs.

Your staff should direct any inquiries concerning this
report to Anne Cassin at 287-0811 in EPA's Economic Analysis
Division.
Sincerel
Anne M. Gorsuch

Enclosures
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SHEET.
OF.
January 1 tlurouyh
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM GATF- *«-* 31. mi
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME & ADDRESS
Synllkitu Taylor
* n

lb.-l.Jwoi.ii Station
19401

TYPE OF
PLANT
MISO-J.lJtNUXJS
11 A* W US
I'U^JfK.'ttJ
Vti loini^uxJ
Kibu-r

NOfbJ: H.«j tons
actual
NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM
Cwtdilin.'iit

r, ii, iv, v, v
iLmt cluuures o
DATE OF
EVENT
Jan. 31, I'JUi

i, vii, vui, ix
r curtaibn-nts t
LOST JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT
70/J2J

, and X rqortod that tl

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
State

ere v«jrc no new

CONTROL
PROBLEM
Itinnit-Zinc

COMMENTS
In tic fourth quarter o£ 1980,
EPA reported that the com»ny
planrvjd to CC&K (jroJuction
ot vulcanizuJ fib.-r rot!».'r
tlvin r\jke tlxj 5500,000 irr;c'St-

m>nt necessity to licet state
limitations Cor zinc. Altlough
tin; recession in tiw auto»o')ile
ami Iiousirrj inJustry was inaking
oix'tation o£ this sequent
o£ tin pljnt uiccon-j.iic.3l,
EPA ixilicvca Out enviroiuiontal
regulations may hdvo Ii^vitenai
its tiliutilcwn.
The local cconany slould tc
ablo tn al)sorb the 70 workers
attoctuJ by a sluutown of this
sojm-mt of Ue pljnt.

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ATTACHMENT B

SHEET_i_ OF.
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT
.Janoucy 1 through
Mard< 31, 1'JiU
THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME ft ADDRESS
ill
Ox£o«l lt.iy.il
Mu.'jlk'MJi) Products,
Inc.
K>iit«> 7VH
KolUxt, Pa.
TYPE OF
PLANT
SIC 20 ti
AlID
r.s NI\>
ii ts,
Jojitl unl
JolUua
NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM
Clotiuie
PROBABILITY
THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLAHT
EMPLOYMENT
300/JOO
EliFQRCEMEHT
ACTION
FcA-ral
CONTROL
PROBLEM
fcoil
CoIiform
I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, are) X rqwtii) that tivrc wuro no
new tluruatc-iiL-d plant closures or curtailji«i->ts doriivj this
COMMENTS
In March 1080, Oie canpany was
convicted of violating federal
l.w by discharging untreated
wastowat-jr into a nearby stream.
11>t> coi»[A)ny is ixiilditv] ciqtit
laycons that will hold the w.iste
while it percolates throjyh tho
uoil. Should EPA dotormine at a
ScptcmlxJr hearing llv.it tlio Uvjooiis
will be inyCfectivo. it must, under
the Cle.m Water Act, protiibit
Oxtord Itoyol fron sollir>7 ita
project to the lateral 'jOvcr.Tracnt.
If it is unclear that the lo^cons
will prevent contamination of
yrouitfiwatcr aivi runolf to streams,
EPA will postpone an evaluation
oE tho system until the winter
monUo, when Oie assimilative
caivicity of the ground is IQJ,
aiKi tlw caniwny 13 opcratirKj at
peak capacity.

Competition fran Ijnporters and a
rctvnt recoil of its proluct
have dajTuged the corpoi^y's
financial strength. Tlio company
claims Uut a loss of government
s.iles would force it to shut
down this plant. The local
economy sliould be able to absorb
tliu 3DO woi'kurs that would be
jCfyctt'd ly the plant's closure.
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ATUCIIMEKT B
SHEET.
OF.
• - ' January 1 tlroxjh
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM DATF' M"rch 3l> 19B1
l»l ft i-VVIliU 111 1U UI«JV»UV«nilwll l»rlltl» 1 UriHlllllVl w 1 v I *• III
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME & ADDRESS
Ki:k>vt: (-HI.*!
TIIKIATINII) LIST:

Aiil'xiutive Ddtcry
3211 r.,st 26th Streut

yuo^i

TYPE OF
PUNT
m.: JDI.-J
f'AUKlCA't'UO
MlhlD'.K
WDUX-'I'S
IVitlury
Ccttii.'
MOMl«Ht»J
Pri--.;s

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

PROBABILITY

THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

CONTROL
PROBLEM

COMMENTS
Ikicauso tlw .'Jouth Canst Air
District granted tlw Elrm
an exemption £ran looil
emissions limitations for
particuljt'.-s, ttri £irm is
no ionyor ttv:C'itcnin-j to
closo. Ttv.- District's
Rule 220 itoviiica Cor
exempt ionn in at&:a where
a aouroy omicu lv»3 tlian
p.-r liour, and Uv- operation
o£ tl>-' &jui|>.iont rssulta
in einissioia v^iidi cxtx-ed
thu onisaiotia coiitt'olJcd
by ttw crjuliwent.
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ATTACHMENTC
SHEET 1 OF 3
'LANTS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS WHERE
POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR1.2
JANUARY 1971 THRU MARCH 1981

\^ PLANTS
N.
REGIONS \

III

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED
TOTAL
PERCENT

HEMICALS AND
.LIED PRODUCTS
o ^

(1)
4
(1)
3

6
(1)
3
(1)
3

21
14

4
16

RIMARY METAL
INDUSTRIES
a.

6
(1)
5

10
(2)
5

5
(2).

36
24

5
20

PAPER AND
LLIED PRODUCTS
<£

4
(D
1

14
9

1
4
CO
FOOD AND
NDRED PRODUCT
—

3
(1)

(2)
3

8
(D
2

23
15

4
16
CO VJ
CO Q
•TONE, CLAY. GLA
D CONCRETE PRO
v) 2
<

1
(D

6
(D

12
8

2
8

ABRICATED
1ETAL PRODUCTS
U. «2

2
(1)

7
4

1
4
M
HER INDUSTRIES
f-
O
5
(D
9

9
(4)
2

(1)
9
(D

TOTALS
7
(2)
25
(2)
23
(7)
9

(1)
40
(6)
9
(3)
7

1 20
(D
5

40
26

8
32
(4)
11

153
100

25
100
NOTES:
1. Economic dislocation information Is compiled and reported bY the EPA Regional Offices
2. Dislocations involving fewer than 25 jobs are NOT reported.
3. "Other industries" consists of all Industries which rank below the top six in terms of actual
dislocations.
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JOBS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO
BE A FACTOR 1,2
JANUARY 1971 THRU MARCH 1981

\ JOBS
N.
\
REGIONS \

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT

o
^ ^"\
UJ
i l~~
iu"o
Wc8

30
(65)

557
(150)

803

1440
5

215
2
co
H
O
13

So
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PLANTS AFFECTED: ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR
BY CONTROL PROBLEM AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION1'2

JANUARY 1971 THRU MARCH 1981
CONTROL
PROBLEM
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
REGION
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
cc
<
2
(1)
15
(1)
13
6
19
(4)
8
(1)
2
2
9
(3)
5
81
53
10
40
WATER
4
(1)
7
(1)
10
(6)
1
16
(1)
1
(2)
5

7
(1)
3
54
35
12
48
cc
c3 UJ
E<
<§
1
3

2
5
(1)

2
2
15
10
1
4
OTHER

(1)
(1)

2
1
3
2
2
8
STATE
1
(1)
23
16
(4)
3
16
(4)
7
4
2
9
3
84
55
9
36
FEDERAL
3
(1)
1
(1)
6
(3)
3
6
(1)
1
(3)
1

7
(1)
2
30
20
10
40
FEDERAL
& STATE
1
1

1
14

1
(2)
2
21
14
2
8
LOCAL

1
1
3

1
(1)
3
10
7
1
4
OTHER3
2
(1)

1
(1)
1
(1)
1

2
1
8
4
3
12
TOTALS
7
(2)
25
(2)
23
(7)
9
(1)
40
(6)
9
(3)
7
2
20
(4)
11
153
100
25
100
NOTE:
1. Economic dislocation Information is compiled and reported by tho EPA Regional Office*.
2. Dislocations involving fewer than 25 jobs are NOT reported.
3. "Other" includes civil actions, cases where no enforcement action was instituted, and
cases where tho type of action was NOT reported.
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•—:•;•.•- ;TAL pROTECTicr, AGSNC*' RECEIVED
.-S.--.GTO '.DC. 2C467 ;• ? !. A. REGION IX
lOo6»H*8l
APR 3 0 1881
Honorable Raymond Donovan
Secretary of Labor
Washington, D.C. 20210

Dear Mr. Secretary:

In accordance with our interagency agreement of 1971, I
am submitting the 1980 third-quarter report of the Economic
Pislocation Ear 1 y Warnina Sy_s_tem. That interagency agTSeinent
established" this report as a means of alerting the Department
of Labor (DOL) and other recipients (including SBA and EDA) of
industrial plants and workers who may need financial or employ-
ment assistance because of closures or curtailments of operations
of such facilities that the firms relate to environmental
regulations. The reporting system excludes potential or actual
plant closings affecting fewer than 25 workers.

During this quarter, EPA identified four plant closures that
resulted in the loss of 1,890 jobs (Attachment A) and one plant
that is threatening to close, involving 173 workers (Attachment
B). Nearly 80% of this quarter's reported loss of 1,890 jobs
is associated with the closures of Anaconda Copper Company's
refinery in Great Falls, Montana, and smelter in Anaconda, Montana.
The investigation by our regional office in Denver of these
closures indicates that environmental requirements were probably
not the overwhelming factor influencing the company's decision
to close these plants. Economic factors—the age of the
plants, the long distances from the copper and sulfuric acid
markets, relatively high operating costs, and labor
problems—have undermined the plants' ability to compete,
and probably contributed significantly to the company's decision
to close them. Because Clean Air Act requirements may have
affected the timing of the closures, EPA, to be conservative,
has decided to list them as actual closures in this report.
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In addition to these threatened and actual closures, we
considered listing the New Jersey Zinc smelter in Palmerton,
Pennsylvania because officials of the firm said that difficulty
in meeting environmental regulations contributed to their deci-
sion to close the smelter. After further investigation, though,
we believe that the plant would have closed at this time even
in; the absence of environmental regulations. Thus, we chose to
exclude it from the report.

In August 1980, New Jersey Zinc Company announced its deci-
sion to close its Palmerton smelter, projecting that 690 workers
would be displaced during November and December of that year.
Using statements of company officials and the analysis of our
regional office in Philadelphia, we concluded that economic
factors—the low demand for zinc because of the recession in
the auto and housing industries, the rising costs of energy
and labor, and the plant's outdated technology—were responsible
for the closure.

Because of the low demand for zinc, the plant had not been
operating at full capacity. New Jersey Zinc's modern, cleaner,
and more efficient smelter in Clarksville, Tennessee, can replace
this plant's production. Thus, the Palmerton closure represents
replacement of new capacity for old, not a loss of production
capacity.

Besides the information on recent threatened and actual
closings included in Attachments A and B, Attachment C summarizes
cumulative data on economic dislocations reported since 1971.
EPA has identified 152 plants involving 32,541 jobs that may
have been related to environmental requirements. An additional
24 plants currently claim that environmental regulations may
cause them to close. During the ten-year period, however, a
much larger number of plants have reported threatened closings,
but more than half of those plants have eventually resolved
their compliance problems and remained in operation.

More than 50 percent of the actual closings occurred because
of state enforcement action, 14 percent as a result of combined
state and federal enforcement efforts, and 7 percent because of
local actions. Federal enforcement was responsible for 21
percent of the closings.

The layoffs continue to be concentrated in the following four
industries: primary metals, chemicals, paper, and food process-
ing. These industries claim 72 percent of the actual jobs lost
and 90 percent of the threatened jobs.
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I apologize for the delay in sending you this report. The
fourth-quarter report will follow almost immediately, with the
first-quarter 1981 report shortly thereafter. Fortunately,
this delay has not affected our assistance efforts because our
regional offices have reported and continue to report actual
and potential layoffs directly to the DDL regional offices as
soon as they learn of these situations. We also report potential
layoffs to the Economic Development Administration's regional
offices and those affecting small businesses to the Small Business
Administration's regional offices for possible loan assistance.

Your staff should direct any inquiries concerning this report
to Anne Cassin at 287-0811 in EPA's Economic Analysis Division.

Sincerely yours,
Walter C. Barber
Acting Administrator
Enclosures
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ATTACHMENT A
SHEET L_ Df ?
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT
NAME & ADDRESS
Region I
Attleboro Dyeing
and Finishing Co.
36 Maple Ave.
Seekonk, Mass. 02771

Region VI
Ethyl Corp.
Laporte toad
P.O. Box 472
Pasadena,
Texas 77501

TYPE OF
PLANT

SIC 2261
TECTtlE
MILT,
PTCXWCTS
Finishers of
Broad Woven
Fabrics o£
Cotton

SIC 2812
2819, 286S
2869
INDUSTRIAL
ORGANIC
CHEMICALS

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

Closure

Curtailment

DATE OF
EVENT

August 1, 1980

July 1980-
ftarch 1981

LOST JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

90/90

300/1200

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

Hone

None

CONTROL
PROBLEM

toter-
BOO,
TSS

Air-
lead

nATF: c^L^r1^,,

LOSSES
COMMENTS

Rather than rejuire AtHi-boro Pyelivj
and Finishing Coii|>any to bviild its own
trodtinpnl facility, thn st.itil treativnt
facility in Septcuhcr 19i(). bccaiiiv?
the plant already was ocaiaiically
turqindl, it could not afford the esti-
nated $1,000 daily fee for usimj the
new treatment facility. In Au'just 1980,
the plant annoiinovd its decision to
close. At the uivl of tho quarter, nvin-
ageraent estimitck) that 40 to 50 of the
lald-oCf workers wore still un«n;jloyoil.

In U« socorri .]inrter of 1930, EPA
rojortotl Out rtylncixl d'.-^ii\J for
lc;«ioJ ipsolino mi-jht foioj Kthyl
Corioration to curt.iil its pro.li JCt ion
o£ iriditivi;a for loultM ipixilino at
its 1'as.vl-na, Ttxas plant. Since
tlwn, Kthyl has cxtvu^lod its
production of. unleaded gaaolirc at
another facility aai laLJ off 300
workers Jt the Pasadona plant.
Soio o£ tho 300 wortera luve dxison
to retire early and tl« local econony
should te iijlc to djsorb the cthets.
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ATTACHMENT A
SHEET 2_ OF.
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT
NAME & ADDRESS

Beqion VIII

Anaconda Copper Co.
two plants
Anaconda,
Montana 597U

TYPE OF
PLANT

SIC 3331
PRIMARY
TOTAL
INDUSTRIES
Primary
Smelting d
Refining of
Copper

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

Closure

NOTE
DATE OF
EVENT

October 1, 1980

t Fi.'ijions II, I
ni-rr Jllly * Uu:IP
roquitcnunLs tor SO^ and
fluorittes. While tic comjuny
coxild havu at>plio1 lor an MSO
ant rccoivofl a ion^r extension
for oirtaln mor« striirjent state
rtyjulatioivj as woll, it (i^tcrminc*!
tliat c-von with thu
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ATTACHMENT B
SHEET_J OF L
July 1 tirou'jh
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
DATE' Sopterjirvr 3.1, I'JHO

QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME & ADDRESS
Region VI

llunt-Vfr.-saon
Foods, Inc.
1601 Fourth St.
Qretna,
Louisiana 700S3

TYPE OF
PLANT
SIC 2079
P/vTa it 0116
Shortening,
Table Oils,
Maryarine,
and Otlcr
Edible
Fats ani
Oils

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM
Curtailment

PROBABILITY
High

THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT
173/213

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
Rwfcral

CONTROL
PROBLEM
Wab:r-
HPITS
pennit
UOD

COMMENTS
Uxnl tr'nts,
tlr; plant Ivis docirt:<) to clone.
Rising Uran!;[AjrliiLiu(i cailu luvc also
oontrilxittxl to tliis decision. 11>e
conpany plans to shift production
closer to crurlo;ts aal to corvcrt
the Louisiana pUmt into a wjrclxxisc.
EPA expects the local ecooany will
absorb the workers displaco-1 by this
change In company ot»-' rations.
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SHEET 1 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS WHERE
POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR1.2
JANUARY 1971 THRU SEPTEMBER 1980

Ny PLANTS
REGIONS \
i
i

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT

CHEMICALS AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS

(1)
4
(1)
3

6
(1)
3
(1)
3

21
14

4
17

PRIMARY METAL
INDUSTRIES

(D
5

10
(2)
5

(2)

36
24

5
21

PAPER AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS

4
(D
1

14
9

1
4

oo
FOOD AND
CINDRED PRODUCT

(2)
3

(D
2

23
15

3
12
00 00
00 Q
STONE, CLAY, GLA
ND CONCRETE PRO
<

1
(1)

6
(1)

12
8

2
8

FABRICATED
METAL PRODUCTS

(1)

7
5

1
4

00
THER INDUSTRIES
O
5
(1)
9

(4)
2

(1)
9
(1)

TOTALS
7
(2)
25
(2)
22

(6)
9

(1)
40
(6)
9
(3)
7

1 20

(1)
5

39
25

8
34

(4)
11

152
100

24
100
NOTES:
1. Economic dislocation information \t compiled and reported by the EPA Regional Offices
2. Dislocations involving fewer than 25 jobs are NOT reported.
3. "Othsr Industries" consist! of all Industries which rank below the top six In terms of actual
dislocation!.
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ATTACHMENTC
SHEET 2 OF 3
JOBS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO
BE A FACTOR 1,2
JANUARY 1971 THRU SEPTEMBER 1980

\v JOBS
\
REGIONS \

III

VII

VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT

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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 3 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED: ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR
BY CONTROL PROBLEM AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION1'2

JANUARY 1971 THRU SEPTEMBER 1980
CONTROL
PROBLEM
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
r
REGION
1
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
cc
<
2
(1)
15
(1)
13
6
19
(4)
8
(1)
2
2
9
(3)
5
81
53
10
42
WATER
4
(1)
7
(11
9
(5)
1
16
(1)
1
(2)
5

7
(1)
3
53
35
11
46
AIR&
WATER
1
3

2
5
(1)

2
2
15
10
1
4
OTHER

(1)
(1)

2
1
3
2
2
8
STATE
1
(1)
23
15
(4)
3
16
(4)
7
4
2
9
3
83
55
9
38
FEDERAL
3
(1)
1
(11
6
(2)
3
6
(1)
1
(3)
1

7
(D
2
30
20
9
38
FEDERAL
8. STATE
1
1

1
14

1
(2)
2
21
14
2
8
LOCAL
. ,

1
1
3

1
(1)
3
10
7
1
4
OTHER3
2
(D

1
(D
1
(D
1

2
1
8
4
3
12
TOTALS
7
(2)
25
(2)
22
(6)
9
(D
40
(6)
9
(3)
7
2
20
(4)
11
152
100
24
100
NOTE:

1. Economic dislocation information is cornpiled and reported by the EPA Regional Offices.
2. Dislocations involving (ewer than 25 jobs are NOT reported.
3. "Other" includes civil actions, cases whore no enforcement action was Instituted, and
cases whore the WP« of action wa« S)OT reported.
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DECEIVED
'. A. REGION IX

I UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTia&CA^ENiY9 &" ^
* WASHINGTON. D.C. 20460
Ti option Agei^y KC 3 ^

f 6 flEC ***

THE ADMINISTRATOR

LIBRARY
Honorable Ray Marshall
Secretary of Labor
Washington, D.C. 20210

Dear Mr. Secretary:

In accordance with our interagency agreement of 1971,
I am submitting the 1980 second quarter report on the Economic
Dislocation Early Warning System (EDEWS).

During the quarter, EPA identified seven environmentally-
related plant closures that resulted in the loss of 5,340 jobs
(Attachment A) and three plants that are threatening to close,
involving 895 workers (Attachment B). EPA also removed two
plants from its list of plants threatening to close (also
Attachment B) .

This quarter's reported loss of 5,340 jobs is extremely
high, accounting for more than 17 percent of job losses identi-
fied since the first EDEWS report. The main reason for the
large layoff is the closing of two U.S. Steel plants in
Youngatown, Ohio. EPA had listed these plants as threatened
since early 1974 even though EPA financial analysis of these
operations strongly suggested that they would have closed
regardless of environmental regulations. Because the timing
of the closures may have been affected by environmental require-
ments, EPA, to be conservative, has decided to list them as
actual closures in this report. There is considerable reason,
however, not to include the listing in EDEWS.

In Attachment A, please note the closures of Falcon Coal
and Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Companies, which illustrate the
problems facing some high sulfur coal mines east of the Missis-
sippi River. Coal buyers are cancelling contracts with former
suppl'iers and switching to coal with a lower sulfur content.
One reason for this loss of market is stricter standards for
sulfur dioxide emissions. Because EPA enforcement officials
are not directly involved with the resulting layoffs, it will
be difficult to detect and report individual closures in future
reports. It will undoubtedly be even harder to detect the
reopening of mines closed for this reason when the growth in
coal used by new power plants with scrubbers or the addition
of coal cleaning plants allows renewed growth in high sulfur
coal production later in this decade.
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-2-

Attachment C summarizes cumulative data on economic dis-
locations reported since 1971. EPA now has identified 172
plants that claimed environmentally related actual or threatened
layoffs, of which actual closings or curtailments by 148 plants
dislocated approximately 30,651 workers. Since 1971, a much
larger number of plants reported threatened closings, but more
than half of those plants eventually resolved their compliance
problems and remained in operation.

The dislocations continue to be dominant in the following
four industries; primary metals, chemicals, paper, and food
processing. These industries claim 71 percent of the actual
layoffs and 90 percent of the threatened layoffs.

EPA believes that EDEWS reports the vast majority of
environmentally related plant closings and curtailments
that result in the layoff of 25 or more persons.

EPA's regional offices are continuing to report actual
and potential layoffs directly to the Department of Labor1s
regional offices as soon as they become aware of these situa-
tions. They also report potential dislocations to the Economic
Development Administration's regional offices, and those affecting
small businesses to the Small Business Administration1s regional
offices*

Your staff should direct any inquiries concerning this
report, to Bob Cronon at 287-0811 in EPA's Economic An>iysis
Division.

S
Enclosures
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SHEET.
April 1 through
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM niifcjunoio. MM
hi fl bW 11 Will IV VI v t»w VrY 1 1 Vly IUr*fll» I f I rtlMHIf U w 1 w I I»lr9
QttARTIILY SUMMARY REPORT ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT
NAME t ADDRESS
Region I
Mest Dudley Hill
(Division of Boise
Cascade Corp.)
West Dudley, '
Massachusetts OlSSO
Worcester County

peqloa III
Holly Grove Coal Co.
near Canaan,
Host Virginia
Upehur County

TYPE OF
PUNT

SIC 2631
PAJERBQMD
HILLS
foperboard
Hills

SIC 1211
BITUMINOUS
OOAL t
LIOinB
HINING
Bltuainous
Coal i
Lignite
NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

Closure

DATE OF
EVENT

April t, 1980

April 30, 1980

LOST JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

59/59

162/167

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

None

Federal

CONTROL
PROBLEM

Air - S02

Hater
HFDES
Permit

LOSSES
COMMENTS

The closure results largely from
varying state standards for sulfur eals-
stons that forced this •!!! Into • conpetl-
tlve disadvantage. To corply with Massachu-
setts standards tor SOj, the conpany had
to burn fuel oil with • 1% sulfur content.
The Bill's ootpetitors In Veroont and Hew
York, however, needed to bum oil with
sulfur contents of only 2.21 and 2.61.
Since 1977, the premlua paid for the oil
with • It sulfur content has Increased from
$1 to More than $6 per barrel. For the
(test Dudley Hill, this oonpetltlve disad-
vantage amounted to $250,000 per year and
eliminated profit margins. lald-oC f worker*
are experiencing difficulty In finding new
Jobs in this rural area that suffers from
high unanploynent rates.

UB~oBecau?* "^ 00"PiuW <«" not obtain an
MHES paralt before beginning construction
>*>rk, an environmental group brought court
action to force It to ceaso work until an
environmental impact statement Is prepared.
f ,5 l?1^' ?" ***" 30' m°> tha «»*any
laid off 40 Miners and 122 construction
workers. This temporary closure should last
approximately 12 to 16 tenths.
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MKT
April 1 through
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM in**.. 30. mo
•VII iVV VaVUIfll V •»•*»•» Mwfl I |V 11 fcflilfc 9 vff fllllVllQH W 1 W 1 fell* - — ^ m«^smm»»m«j
QUARTIRLY SUMMARY REPORT ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME t ADDRESS
Region I
Meat Dudley Mill
(Division of Boise
Cascade Corp.)
Hest Dudley,
Massachusetts 01550
Worcester county

fteqlcn III
Hotly Grove Goal Co.
near Canaan,
Hest Virginia
Upshur County

TYPE OF
PUNT

SIC 2631
PAKHBOMD
MILLS
feperbcdrd
Mills

SIC 1211
BtlUHIMQUa
GOAL t
LIOUTB
HINDU
Bituminous
Coal i
Lignite
NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

Closure

DATE OF
EVENT

April 1, 1980

April 30, 19BO

LOST JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

59/59

162/167

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

None

federal

CONTROL
PROBLEM

Air - K>2

Hater -
HPCCS
fermlt

COMMENTS

the closure results largely from
varying state standards for sulfur emis-
sions that forced this mill into a ccmpetl-
ttv* disadvantage. To comply with Massachu-
setts, standards for BO],, the company had
to burn fuel oil with • it sulfur content.
flv* mill1* competitors In Vermont and New
Kxfc, however, needed to bum oil with
sulfur contents of only 2.2% and 2. fit.
SAnoa 1977, the premium paid for the oil
with • 1% sulfur content has increased from
fl to more than $6 per barrel. For the
Heat Dudley Mill, this competitive disad-
vantage amounted to $250,000 per year and
eliminated profit margins. Laid-off vorkeni
are experiencing difficulty in finding new
Jobs in this rural area that suffers frcn
high unenploynent rates.

Because the company did not obtain an
»POB8 permit before beginning construction
work, an environmental group brouQht court
action to force it to cease work until an
environmental impact statement la prepared.
A* » result, en April 30, 1980, the carfanv
laid off 40 miners and 122 construct Jen
workers. This tenporary closure should last
approximately 12 to 16 Months.
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ATUCHMfNT A
W£!_L_ Of.
April 1 thrcuih
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
DATF' .liino. If) ). lower sulfur content. As a result,
tno oonfany shut down one deep nine,
four atrip nines, and four coal pro-
caaalmj plants. Falcon, by now spending
926 Million to install two new coal pro-
cessing plants, hopes to adequately clean
fcha coal of sulfur and thus reenplcy the
l»Kd-off workers. ItiU falling, however,
tha local economy cannot easily absorb the
layoff because (1) Falcon is the laruest
aBployer in the area and (2) other mines
are experiencing similar difficulties.

This plant, which has been on the BUMS
threatened liat since the first «]uarter of
1979, chronically has had problems complying
Kith state standards for particulates and
sulfur dioxide. The canpany signed a consent
decree to reduce these emissions and agreed
to shut down the Hunster plant until a scrub-
xjr is installed. It is unclear whether or
not the plant will reopen.
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MWHMEIlt I
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT
NAME I ADDRESS
Region V (continued)
Youghioqheny »
Ohio Coal Co.
Million Him
(Division of Panhandle
Eastern Pipe Line Co.)
St. Clalrsvllle,
Ohio 43950
Betaont County

TYPE OF
PLANT

SIC 1211
BITUMINOUS
COAL fc
LIGNITE
MINING
Bituminous
Coal I
Lignite

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

Closure

DATE OF
EVENT

July 14, 1980

„ ._, April 1 through
HIT! ! .Tnrw, in. 1980

ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
LOST JOBS/
TOTAL KANT
EMPLOYMENT

469/469

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

None

CONTIOl
PROBLEM

Air- SOj

COMMENTS

On July 10. 1980, Cleveland electric
Uhminatlng Conpany (OBI) cancelled a
long-term coal contract with V * O'»
nine in Mllaon, Ohio, which helped trigger
tha layoff of 469 workers at the nine on
JuJy 14. £PA'a sulfur dioxide ealsslons
standards for CEI 'a Castlake plant and the
relatively high price of the aim's coal
were factors In CEI's decision to cancel the
contract. CEI intends to purchase other Chl<
coat with a lower sulfur content for the
Gaatlake plant, which was the only conaumr
of the Mllaon nine's output. » i O is
not* attempting to obtain a preliminary injunc
tlon requiring CEI to purchase its coal
until the court determines whether (XI can
legally burn it (e.g., after blending).
Without the Injunction, the Mllaon mine
will remain closed, and U-IS corporate
staff stentoera nay also lose their jobs.
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AITACMMfNf A
Anrll 1 thrcuoli
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
fiATF! June 30. 1980

QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME 1 ADDRESS
Region V (continued)
U.S. Steel, Youngstown
Works
McDonald Hills I
Ohio Works
two plants
Youngstown Ohio 44509
Mahoning County

TYPE OF
PLANT

SIC 3312
BUST
FUIN/££S,
ETCCUOfKS,
ROLLING *
FINI9IINQ
HtUfi

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

Closure

OATS OF
EVENT

July 14, 19JW

LOST JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

4400/4686

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

Federal

MOTEl Region* II, VI. VII, VIII, and X reported that there were

no new actual
layout chl* qu
>rt«r.

CONTROL
PROBLEM

Mr - ao2.
PBrtl-
culates, &
Visible
Emissions

COMMENTS

Itvrae two plants had been on the
EOEHS Hat of threatened plants since the
first quarter of 1974. the sinter plant
and the open-hearth shop each were viola-
ting the state'* standards for part leu Utes
and visible emissions. To bring these
facilities into compliance, the company
would have had to span) an estimated $20
nUUon for the operv-hearth shop to install
a raajn stack gas-cleaning device and a non-
stack emissions control system, and appcoid-
outely $3 Million for the sinter plant to
install a baghouse. Here this equipment
installed, additional annual operating and
maintenance expenses for the open-hearth
shop would have been about $4 million, and
for the sinter plant, about $360,000. In
Edition, although the plants were complying
with present water standards, the ccnpany
would have had to make expenditures to meet
nore stringent future standards for water
quality.
Because of competition frag more modem
foreign and domestic producers. EPA believes
tSst these plants eventually would have
cXoaed regardless of enforcement action.
However, the timing of the closure was
.probably related in part to environmental
requirements. Displaced workers will expe-
rience difficulty In finding new jobs in
the area.
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tltACNNfllT I
$«n_j of.
April 1 through
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
DAIEtJune 30. 1980

QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
NAME I ADDRESS
Region IV
N-Hcn Southwest, Inc.
P.O. Drawer H
Carlsbad,
New Mexico 88220
Gddy County

Colonial Sugar Co.
(Division of Borden.
Inc.)
Graraercy,
Louisiana 70052
St. John teristi

TYPE OF
PLANT

SIC 2873
AGRICULTURAL
OiEMICALS-
Nitrogenoua
Fertilizers

SIC 2062
SUOW AND
iwrecrtaN-
MOf
Ffcoucrs -
Can* fiugar
no fin ing

NATURE Of
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

Closure

PROBABILITY

Medium

Ian

THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

75/75

520/520

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

federal

Federal

CONTROL
PROBLEM

Mr - NO,,

tfcter ~
em

COMMENTS

In October 1979, B-Ren notified em
that it had • topped using sera of Its
{pollution control equipment becauae rising
natural gas ooete male it too expensive to
operate. Itoe company wlahae to delay co»-
pl.Omoe until ttucch 1991, when It plans to
hava installed new contra! equlpeent that
ttkll be less costly to operate. EPA is
performing a preliminary economic study
to ovaluate this request.
A court la now determining whether
ColonUl Sugar is meeting requlremunta for
secondary treatment of its waate straaiu.
(he coipany now discnacgea its wastes direct-
ly Into a largo swoop on Us property. At
the point where the swanp water leaves
Colonial's property to enter a bayou.
e£ !!uents are at acceptable levels. EM,
however, believes that waste stream should
x aaaaured at the paint of direct discharge,
RM coapany threatens to close if It nust
InaUll controls on its waste streams.
Because the company la the only employer in
the ocnraunity. its closure, although unlikely
Mould cause considerable hardship for the
laJd-off workers.
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Aoril 1 throunh
EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
OUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT
NAME I ADDRESS
Rcqlon VI (continued)
Ethyl Corporation
La Etorte Road
P.O. Box 472
Pasadena, Texas

SKMDVE ffOH niie/aEHEO
LISTl
Region III
Virginia Oak Tannery
Uiray, Virginia 22835
page County

TYPE Of
PLANT

SICs 2812.
2819, 286i,
2869
INDUSTRIAL
OflGMlIC
QIEHICALS

SIC 3111
LEAUIER t
LEATHER
rnUUA»X>J *•
Leather Tan-
ning and
Finishing

NATURE Of
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

Curtailment

PROBABILITY

High

THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

300/1200

ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

Wooo

CONTROL
PROBLEM

Air -
Lead

DATE: June 30. 1980

LOSSES
COMMENTS

A* « result of the regulat ion of gaao-
llne refiners foe load content and the
•tecUnlna demand for leaded gasoline, Ethyl
Corporation intends to curtail production
of additives for leaded gasoline at its
tesadena, Texas, plant by aunner 19HO. The
loc*<. economy should be able to absorh the
300 workers the coipany will lay off. Ethyl
le expanding Ita production of unleaded
uaeo.Una at a facility in another state.

Although the fin had suffered frc*
unbar pollution control prablens with respect
to chlorine, chconlu*, BOO, and suspended
solid*, the closure of moat of the tannery
seemed to result mostly fro* the death of
the owner and the subsequent sale of the
buatneea. Ihe new owners have maintained
only a nonpolluting cutting operation at the
Uiray, Virginia, plant site.
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EPA ECONOMIC DISLOCATION EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
QUARTERLY SUMMARY REPORT THREATENED EMPLOYMENT
NAME I ADDRESS
REMOVE (continued) i
Region V
American Brick
Oolton, Illinois '0419
cook County

TYPE OF
PUNT

SIC 3251
STONE, CUtt
GLASS I
GQNCHBI&
PKWCTS -
Brick I
Structural
Clay Til«

NATURE OF
DISLOCATION
PROBLEM

NORi Re
we
PROBABILITY

giana I, II, III
re no new threat
THREATENED JOBS/
TOTAL PLANT
EMPLOYMENT

, IV, VII, VIII, IX, an
£nod layoff a thla quart
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION

d X reported that
er.
CONTROL
PROBLEM

there
April 1 through
PATE* Juno 3p, 128fl
LOSSES
COMMENTS

The ooppany recently ilgned • conaent
agrooraent to control partlculate cnisalona.
Becauae tha Oolton plant now should cort-
(tinue operating, em la removing it fro*
the ECEHS Hat of plants threatening to
close.

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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 1 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS WHERE
POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR 1.2
JANUARY 1971 THRU JUNE 1980
N. PLANTS
REGIONS X

III

VII
VIII

IV
IA

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
CHEMICALS AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS

(1)
4
(1>
3

6
(D
2
(2)
3

20
14

5
21
PRIMARY METAL
INDUSTRIES

6
(D
5

(2)

34
23

5
21
PAPER AND
ALLBED PRODUCTS
1

4
(1)
1

14
9

1
4
FOOD AND
KINDRED PRODUCTS

(D
3

(D
2

23
16

2
8
STONE, CLAY, GLASS,
AND CONCRETE PRODS.

1
(1)

6
(1)

12
8

2
8!
FABRICATED
METAL PRODUCTS
1

2
(1)

7
5

1
4
OTHER INDUSTRIES 3
4
(D
9

8
(4)
2
(1)
Q
(D

0)i
5

38
25

8
34
TOTALS
6
(2)
25
(2)
22
(6)
9
(1)
40
(6)
8
(3*
7

(4)
11

148
100

24
100
NOTES:
1. Economic dislocation Information It compiled and reported by the EPA Region*! Office*
2. Dislocation* Involving ftwtr than 25 Job* »re NOT reported.
3. "Other Induttrlet" consists of all Industries which rank below the top six In terms of actual
dislocation*.
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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 2 OF 3
JOBS AFFECTED-ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO
BE A FACTOR 1,2
JANUARY 1971 THRU JUNE 1980

\JOBS
BEGiONS \

III

VII
VIII

X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT

CHEMICALS AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS

(85)
1505
(210)
654

2770
(1300)
443
(375)
850

6318
21

1970
18

PRIMARY METAL
INDUSTRIES

124

637
(73)
942

5860
(5130)
1440

713
(1360)

9786
32

6563
62

PAPER AND
ALLIED PRODUCTS
59

1677

217

690
(200)
370

103

815

3931
13

200
2
P>
FOOD AND
KINDRED PRODUCl

252

154

386

(520)
297

595
(300)
168

1852
6

820
8
CO
STONE. CLAY. GLAS
& CONCRETE PRODS

30
(65)

557
(150)

803

1440
5

215
2
M
FABRICATED
METAL PRODUCT
30

750

102
(25)

965
3

25
0
n
OTHER INDUSTRIES
750
(74)
924

1367
615
240
(55)
2473
(90)

35
(25)
570

6359
21

859
8

TOTALS
839
(159)
5262
(275)
2914
(713)
1449
(55)
12736
(6870)
2253
(895)
t2T7

2295
(1685)
1686

30651
100

10652
100
NOTES:
1. Economic dislocation Informitlon I* compiled *nd reported by the EPA Regional Office*-
2. Dislocation* Involving fewer than 26 Job* «r« NOT reported.
3. "Other Industries" consist* of all Industrial which rank below the top six In term* of actual
dislocation*.
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ATTACHMENT C
SHEET 3 OF 3
PLANTS AFFECTED: ACTUAL AND (THREATENED) CLOSINGS
WHERE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WERE ALLEGED TO BE A FACTOR
BY CONTROL PROBLEM AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION1'2
JANUARY 1971 THRU JUNE 1980
CONTROL
PROBLEM
ENFORCEMENT
ACTION
REGION
1
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
ACTUAL:
TOTAL
PERCENT
THREATENED:
TOTAL
PERCENT
OC
<
2
(1)
15
(1)
13
6
19
(4)
7
(2)
2

9
(3)
5
78
53
11
46
WATER
3
(1)
7
(1)
9
(5)
1
16
(1)
1
(1)
5

7
(1)
3
52
3C
10
42
AIR&
WATER
1
3

2
5
(1)

2
2
15
10
1
4
OTHER

(1)
(1)

2
1
3
2
2
8
STATE
1
(1)
23
15
(4)
3
16
(4)
7
4

9
3
81
55
9
38
FEDERAL
3
(1)
1
(1)
6
(2)
3
6
(1)
1
(2)
1

7
(1)
2
30
20
8
33
FEDERAL
& STATE
.
1
1

1
14

1
(2)
2
21
14
2
8
LOCAL

1
1
3

1
(1)
3
10
7
1
4
en
OC
iu
X
o
1
(1)

1
(1)
1
(1)
(1)

2
1
6
4
4
17
TOTALS
6
(2)
25
(2)
22
(6)
9
(1)
40
(6)
8
(3)
7

20
(4)
11
148
100
24
100
NOTE:
1. Economic dislocation Information Ii compiled *nd reported by the EPA Region*) Office*.
1 Dislocations Involving f*w«r than 25 jobs are NOT reported.
" •"»——•• i~-i..s<». ,-twii «-tlanL cases where no enforcement action wai Instituted, and
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