# YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25275`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0032
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $30K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

YOUNGSTOWN IS A CHARTERED MUNI CORP, OWNS/OPERATES      WSTWTR TRTMNT PLNT IN CITY NEXT TO MAHONING RIVER.  W/IN     PLNT ARE TWO MULTI-HEARTH SLUDGE INCINCERATORS, WHICH ALTER- NATELY OPERATE W/O CONTROL EXCEPT FOR SPRAY CHAMBER THAT     ENTRAPS 15% OF PARTICULATES IN EXHAUST GASES.  AN EXCESS OF  200 TPY OF SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MTTR IS EMITTED FROM CITY'S SINGLE EXHAUST STACK.  OPACITY READINGS AS HIGH AS 90 AND    100% HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BY EPA PERSONNEL.                         APPLICABLE OHIO SIO RULES REQ CITY TO REDUCE PARTI-     CULATE EMISSIONS TO SOMEWHAT UNDER 5 TPY BY 04/15/77; ALSO,  RULES REQ OPACITY OF STACK'S PLUME NOT TO EQUAL OR EXCEED    20%.  EMISSIONS CONTRIBUTE TO TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES   OF MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO PRIMARY NONATTAINMENT AREA FOR      PARTICULATE MATTER.                                               EMISSIONS ARE IN VIOLATION OF OHIO SIP PARTICULATE RULE AP-3-10(B) AND OHIO SIP OPACITY RULE AP-3-07(A)(1) AND THE   CLEAN AIR ACT.                                                    TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE, CITY MUST MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO   TWO SLUDGE INCINERATORS, AND RELATED FACILITIES, INCL        INSTALLATION OF SCRUBBERS AND SLUDGE HANDLING FACILITIES.         DUE TO STATUS AS A MUNI, GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO RESOLVE   DISPUTE, AND PROPOSED REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS BELOW LEGAL     LIMIT, A BOTTOM-LINE PENALTY OF $5000 IS RECOMMENDED.

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