On July 15, 2005, EPA Region III entered a Consent Agreement and Final Order (���CA/FO���) with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania���s Department of General Services (���DGS���) and Department of Corrections (���DOC���) for violations by DGS and DOC of Sections 113 and 502 of the Clean Air Act (���CAA���), 42 U.S.C. ���� 7413 and 7661a, 40 C.F.R. �� 52.23, and the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (���SIP���), including, but not limited to, 25 Pa. Code ���� 123.11, 123.41. 127.25 and 127.444. DGS owns and DOC operates the State Correctional Institution at Laurel Highlands, a prison for the retention and rehabilitation of persons convicted of criminal activity, in Somerset, Pennsylvania (���Facility���). Since at least April 2004, DOC and DGS have been in violation of the CAA, the PA SIP and the federally enforceable Title V Permit at the Facility for both particulate emissions and visible opacity which are emitted from 3 boilers at the Facility. The parties have agreed to resolve these violations through a cash penalty of $37,510. DOC has submitted a work plan to EPA to correct the violations by burning less polluting landfill gas in its boilers from a nearby landfill instead of coal.
SELECT INITIATIVES: OTHER - COMPLIANCE OF STATE FACILITIES.