# UMASS AT AMHERST
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `105`
- **Case Number:** 01-1985-0020
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $20K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF (complaint) (settlement)
- UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE INVOLVES VIOLATIONS OF THE MASS STATE IMPLE-   MENTATION PLAN OF SECTION 110 OF THE CAA.                        THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST OPERATES 7    BITUMINOUS COAL-FIRED STOKER BOILERS.  DESPITE NUMEROUS EN-  FORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE MASS DEQE THAT INCLUDED STATE COURT CONSENT DECREES, THE UNIVERSITY HAS CONTINUALLY OPER-  ATED THE BOILERS IN VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABLE EMISSION     LIMITS FOR PARTICULATES.  THESE LIMITS ARE CONTAINED IN THE  MASS REGS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THE MASS STATE IMPLEMENTA- TION PLAN (SIP).  THE UNIVERSITY IS PUBLICLY FUNDED, OWNED & OPERATED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASS.  IT IS REGISTERED AS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION W/THE MASS SECRETARY OF STATE.              THE 7 BOILERS, W/AN OIL-FIRED UNIT, SUPPLY STEAM & ELEC TRICITY TO THE CAMPUS; SOME PORTION OF THE POWER PLANT MUST  BE IN OPERATION AT ALL TIMES.  THE UNIVERSITY OPERATED THESE BOILERS W/O CONTROLLING PARTICULATE EMISSIONS & IN VIOLATION OF THE MA SIP LIMIT FROM JAN 1974, THE COMPLIANCE DEADLINE   SET IN THE MASS REGS, UNTIL MAR 1985.  IN MAR 1985, THE UNI- VERSITY COMPLETED INSTALLATION OF POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIP-   MENT & BEGAN CONTROLLING PARTICULATE EMISSIONS FROM 3 OF     THE BOILERS.  THE REMAINING 4 BOILERS ARE STILL W/O CONTROL  EQUIPMENT; THEY ARE USED AS A BACK-UP SYSTEM & WHEN OPERATED ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE EMISSION LIMIT.IN JULY 1985, THE     POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT BROKE DOWN.  THE UNIVERSITY CON- TINUED TO OPERATE 3 OF THE BOILERS W/O C

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