# ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52182`
- **Case Number:** 09-1989-0030
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $120K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

AEPCO'S PRACTICE OF  SOOT BLOWING  ACCUMULATED PARTICULATE MATTER DIRECTLY TO THE GAS EXHAUST CONSTITUTES FAILURE TO    OPERATE AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH   GOOD AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PRACTICES FOR MINIMIZING          EMISSIONS, AND IS A VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. 60.11(D).           REGION IX IS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT PRE-      REFERRAL NEGOTIATIONS AND PLANS TO RESOLVE THIS CASE VIA     CONSENT DECREE THAT WILL CALL FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, A       PENALTY OF APPROXIMATELY $32,000, AND STIPULATED PENALTIES   FOR ANY FUTURE VIOLATIONS.                                     EPA ISSUED A FINDING OF VIOLATION (FOV) TO ARIZONA         ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE (AEPCO) ON DECEMBER 30, 1988.     EPA AND AEPCO MET TO DISCUSS THE FOV ON JANUARY 24, 1989,    AND AGAIN ON MARCH 22, 1989 TO DISCUSS THE PLAN PROPOSED     BY AEPCO TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE NSPS OPACITY         STANDARD.

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