# BUFFELEN WOODWORK CO
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53969`
- **Case Number:** 10-1982-0014
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $5K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BUFFELEN WOODWORK CO (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:                                             BUFFELEN WOODWORKING CO PRODUCES HARDWOOD VENEERS &     PLYWOOD DOORS AT A FACILITY LOCATED NEAR TACOMA, WA. THE     UNIT OF CONCERN AT THIS SOURCE IS THE HOG FUEL BOILER.       INSPECTORS FOR THE PUGET SOUND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AG-     ENCY(PSAPCA) HAVE OBSERVED THIS UNIT TO BE IN VIOL OF AP-    PLICABLE OPACITY STANDARDS ON 6 OCCASIONS SINCE 30 DAYS      AFTER EPA ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOL(NOV) ON 4/27/82.                THE AREA IN WHICH BUFFELEN IS LOCATED IS DESIGNATED     NONATTAINMENT FOR PARTICULATE MATTER. BUFFELEN IS CONSID-    ERED TO BE A MAJOR (A-1) SOURCE & IS ON EPA'S SIGNIFICANT    VIOLATOR LIST. THE VIOL'S ISSUED BY PSAPCA & THE NOV IS-     SUED BY EPA INVOLVE EXCEEDENCES OF VISABLE EMISSION STAN-    DARDS(OPACITY) BY THE BOILER. EPA'S AUTHORITY TO BRING       THIS ACTION IS SEC 113(A)(4) OF THE CAA(42 USC SEC 7413      (A)(4)).                                                          BUFFELEN HAS EXPERIENCED BOILER PROBLEMS FOR WELL       OVER A YR. EPA & PSAPCA MET INFORMALLY W/BUFFELEN ON         11/12/81 TO DISCUSS BOILER OPERATION. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT     CONFERENCE BUT PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF THE NOV BY EPA, THE      CO WAS CITED 8 TIMES BY PSAPCA FOR VIOL OF APPLICABLE        OPACITY REQUIREMENTS. THE CO'S FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT COR-     RECTIVE ACTIONS RESULTED IN LOCAL & STATE AGENCY SUPPORT     FOR FED ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

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