EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT STONE VIOLATED A VARIETY OF FEDERALLY ENFORCEABLE NSPS REQUIREMENTS.
STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION VIOLATED PROVISION OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT'S NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS BY:
(i) FAILING TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE CONTINUOUS MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, NITROGEN OXIDES EMISSIONS AND THE OPACITY OF ITS EMISSIONS FROM THE HOPEWELL FACILITY'S COMBINATION BOILER;
(ii) DISCHARGING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE FROM THE HOPEWELL FACILITY'S MULTIPLE EFFECT EVAPORATOR SYSTEM GASES CONTAINING TOTAL REDUCED SULFUR ( TRS ) IN EXCESS OF THE 5 PARTS PER MILLION REGULATORY LIMIT;
(iii) OPERATING THE HOPEWELL FACILITY IN A MANNER NONT CONSISTENT WITH GOOD AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PRACTICE BY FAILING TO COMPORT WITH THE INDUSTRY PRACTICE OF INSTALLING AND USING AT LEAST ONE BACKUP INCINERATION POINT TO CONROL THE RELEASE OF TRS EMISSIONS INTOT HE ATMOSPHERE FROM THE HOPEWELL FACILITY'S NON-CONDENSIBLE GAS ( NCG ) COLLECTION SYSTEM ON OCCASIONS WHEN THE HOPEWELL FACILITY'S LIME KILN BECAME UNAVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF SHUTDOWN, MALFUNCTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE;
(iv) FAILING TO INSTALL, CALIBRATE, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A CONTINUOS EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEM ( CEMS ) TO MONITOR TRS COMPOUND EMISSIONS FROM THE HOPEWELL FACILITY'S MULTIPLE EFFECT EVAPORATOR SYSTEM, UPON COLLECTION AND DISCHARGE TO THE ATMOSPHERE FROM THE HOPEWELL FACILITY'S LIME KILN BYPASS STACK, DURING PERIODS WHEN THE LIME KILN WAS UNAVAILABLE