# WESTVACO CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `18322`
- **Case Number:** 03-1998-0415
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WESTVACO CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE U.S. FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST WESTVACO ALLEGING THAT THE COMPANY MADE A  MAJOR MODIFICATION  TO THE LUKE PAPER MILL WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A PSD PERMIT OR INSTALLING MODERN POLLUTION CONTROLS KNOWN AS BACT IN VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT.   AFTER PROTRACTED LITIGATION ON THE MATTER, THE PARTIES HAVE ENTERED INTO A CONSENT DECREE TO SETTLE THE MATTER.  UNDER THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, WESTVACO WOULD PAY A TOTAL OF $1.6 MILLION TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE FOR RESTORATION OF LAND, WATERSHEDS, VEGETATION, AND FORESTS IN THE SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND THE MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST TO IMPROVE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND MITIGATE HARMFUL EFFECTS FROM AIR POLLUTION.   THE CONSENT DECREE WAS LODGED WITH THE COURT FOR APPROVAL ON MARCH 10, 2016.

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