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Judicial · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 136

$450K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
01-1987-0018
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-1172
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

IPC OPERATES A BOILER WHICH FIRES WOOD AND OIL, THE WASTE FUEL INCINERATOR (WFI), WHICH MAINE LICENSED IN 1977 TO BURN OIL AT A RATE LESS THAN 250 MILLION BTU/HR., THEREBY AVOID- ING NSPS APPLICATION. IPC HAS REPEATEDLY FIRED OIL IN THE WFI AT A RATE GREATER THAN 250 MILLION BTU/HR., MAKING THE NSPS APPLICABLE TO THE WFI'S EMISSIONS. THE WFI HAS REPEAT- EDLY VIOLATED THE PARTICULATES NSPS LIMIT, AND EPA HAS EVID- ENCE OF VIOLATIONS OF THE NITROGEN OXIDES LIMIT AS WELL. THE WFI VIOLATES THE SULFUR LIMIT WHEN FIRING OIL ALONE.

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