# WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20989`
- **Case Number:** 04-1993-1688
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $275K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $3.37M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC. (WILLAMETTE) OPERATES A 470      MILLION BRITISHTHERMAL UNIT (BTU)/HOUR BOILER (BOILER) THAT  BURNS WOOD WASTE AND BARKAS A PART OF A KRAFT PULP MILL IN   MARLBORO COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.  FROMJUNE 7, 1991, TO APRIL 16, 1993, THE PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS FROMTHE BOILER    EXCEEDED THE PERMITTED LIMIT SET PURSUANT TO THE             PREVENTIONOF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) STANDARDS SET   FORTH IN THE SOUTHCAROLINA STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP).  FOR THREE PERIODS OF TIMEFROM JUNE 7, 1991, TO THE PRESENT,  THE PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS FROMTHE BOILER ALSO         EXCEEDED THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED BY THE APPLICABLE FEDERALNEW  SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS).  IN THIS CASE, REGION   IV SEEKSTO ENJOIN WILLAMETTE FROM OPERATING THE BOILER       EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITHTHESE LIMITS AND SEEKS A            SUBSTANTIAL CIVIL PENALTY.

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