# MINN CORRECTION FACILITY
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25219`
- **Case Number:** 05-1983-0037
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JACK YOUNG, COMM MN DEP CORREC (complaint) (settlement)
- MINNESOTA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE                                            THE ABOVE REFERENCED DEFENDANTS OWN AND/OR OPERATE STILL-  WATER PRISON LOCATED AT BAYPORT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINN-    ESOTA.  THE PRISON HAS FOUR COAL-FIRED BOILERS WHICH EMIT    PARTICULATE MATTER INTO THE AMBIENT AIR.  ON MARCH 17, 1982, THE UNITED STATES FILED A COMPLAINT ALLEGING THAT THE BOIL-  ER EMISSIONS VIOLATED PARTICULATE AND OPACITY REGULATIONS    OF THE MINNESOTA STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.  ON MAY 13, 1982 , THE COURT ENTERED A CONSENT DECREE IN SETTLEMENT OF THE    UNITED STATES' ACTION.                                            CAUSE OF ACTION                                           THE CONSENT DECREE REQUIRED DEFENDANTS TO INSTALL A BAG-   HOUSE COLLECTOR PURSUANT TO A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE AND TO     ACHIEVE AND DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE AT BOILERS NOS. 1 AND 2   WITH THE SPECIFIES EMISSION LIMITATIONS BY MAY 1, 1983.      DEFENDANTS INSTALLED THE PRESCRIBED EQUIPMENT, BUT BEGAN     OPERATING BOILER NO. 2 ON OR ABOUT APRIL 27, 1983 WITHOUT    STACK TESTING TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE.  DEFENDANTS ACTION  VIOLATES PARTS III, C, AND D AND PART XIII OF THE CONSENT    DECREE.  DEFENDANTS HAD INFORMED THE AGENCY THAT BAGHOUSE    BAGS HAD DEVELOPED HOLES, AND THEREFORE BOILER NO. 2 WOULD   PROBABLY FAIL THE STACK TEST.                                     PROPOSED REMEDY                                           REGION V RECOMMENDS THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR ORDER TO    SHOW CAUSE WHY DEFENDANTS SHOULD NOT BE H

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