BOISE CASCADE (BC) OPERATES A NUMBER OF BOILERS AT ITS LEWIS MILL IN BEAVER FALLS, NY. EPA ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO BC ON 5/20/80 PURSUANT TO 113(A)(1) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA) ALLEGING THAT VISIBLE EMISSIONS HAD BEEN OBSERVED EMANATING FROM THE STACK AT LEWIS MILL, THE OPACITY OF WHICH EXCEEDED THE PERMISSIBLE LIMITS IN 6 NYCRR 227.4. STACK TEST PERFORMED FOR BC ON 10/23-25/80 TO MEASURE AMOUNT OF PARTICULATE EMISSIONS EMANATING FROM THE LEWIS MILL, REVEALED THAT SUCH EMISSIONS EXCEEDED THE APPLICABLE LIMITS FOR PARTICULATES SET FORTH IN 6 NYCRR 227.3. EPA ISSUED A NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE ON 1/2/81 PURSUANT TO 120 OF THE CAA. PARTIES ENTERED A CONSENT DECREE DATED 1/21/82 BY WHICH BC AGREED TO PAY A NON- COMPLIANCE PENALTY OF $40,000 AND TO CONDUCT A COMPLIANCE PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE BY 1/15/83. CONTEMPT ACTION - THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF A CONSENT DECREE BY BOISE CASCADE CORP. OF BEAVER FALLS, NY. BC HAS NEVER MET THE APPLICABLE EMISSION LIMITATIONS PURSUANT TO THE CD ENTERED IN CIVIL ACTION NO. 81-CV-1242. VISIBLE EMISSION EVALUATIONS CONDUCTED AT LEWIS MILL IN AUGUST 1984, AUGUST 1986, AND MARCH 1987 DEMONSTRATE CONTINUING OPACITY VIOLATIONS. PROPOSED RELIEF SOUGHT: A) ORDER AND COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE REQUIRING BC TO COMPLY WITH 6 NYCRR 227.4; AND B) CIVIL PENALTY OF $75,000. THIS AMO