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PLUM CREEK MANUFACTURING

Judicial · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 50390

$300K
Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
08-1995-0245
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THIS REFERRAL ALLEGES THAT PLUM CREEK HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR ITS WELLONS BOILER. PLUM CREEK INSTALLED A WELLONS WOOD-FIRED BOILER WITH A HEAT INPUT CAPACITY OF 87,000,000 BTU PER HOUR AT IT'S PABLO FACILITY AFTER 6/9/89, AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO NSPS REGULATIONS. ON 6/7/95, EPA ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER TO PLUM CREEK, REQUIRING THE COMPANY TO CONDUCT THE PERFORMANCE TESTS REQUIRED BY THE NSPS REGULATIONS CITED ABOVE. THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE COMPLIANCE ORDER WAS EXTENDED TO 101/10/95. IF PLUM CREEK CONDUCTS THE TESTS AS REQUIRED BY THE ORDER AND, IF THE TESTS DEMONSTRATE THAT THE BOILER DOES NOT MEET THE PARTICULATE AND OPACITY EMISSION LIMITATIONS OF THE NSPS REGULATIONS, PLUM CREEK WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT AT THE PABLO PLANT. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY, WHICH WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL, WILL BE SOUGHT FOR FAILURE TO INSTALL THE EQUIPMENT AT THE TIME WHEN THE TET WAS ORIGINALLY REQUIRED.

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