# KINGSFORD MANUFACTURING CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `17859`
- **Case Number:** 03-1997-0364
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $900K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $2.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KINGSFORD MANUFACTURING CO (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1997, EPA REFERRED TO DOJ A CASE SEEKING    CIVIL PENALTIES OF $2,220,500 AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF VALUED   AT $2,825,000 TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS OF THE CAA, AND THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AT THE KINGSFORD          MANUFACTURING COMPANY'S (KINGSFORD) CHARCOAL MANUFACTURING   LOCATED IN BERYL, WV.  SPECIFICALLY, EPA ALLEGES THAT        KINGSFORD VIOLATED SECTION 2.01 OF THE WV SIP (CSR 45-7-3.1) (RELATING TO OPACITY OF SMOKE AND PARTICULATE MATTER         EMISSIONS) AND SECTION 3.01 (CSR 45-7-4.1) OF WV SIP         (RELATING TO EMISSION LIMITS FOR PARTICULATES). KINGSFORD    HAD PREVIOUSLY SETTLED THE PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS      VIOLATIONS WITH THE STATE OF WV IN A CONSENT ORDER           OBLIGATING KINGSFORD TO IMPLEMENT ESSENTIALLY THE SAME IN-   JUNCTIVE RELIEF REQUESTED BY EPA. THE STATE ASSESSED NO      CIVIL PENALTY IN THAT ACTION BUT KINGSFORD DID GIVE THE      STATE A $50,000 GIFT IN LIEU OF A PENALTY.

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