# BADGER PAPER MILLS, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25278`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0036
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $25K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BADGER PAPER MILLS INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BADGER PAPER MILLS, INC., IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF SULFUR DIOX-  IDE IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE WISCONSIN REGULATIONS AP-     PROVED AND ENFORCEABLE UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT.                BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF CASE                                   ON JUNE 25, 1983, WISCONSIN DRR MONITORING VANS RECORD- ED THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF AMBIENT SULFUR DIOXIDE CONCEN-   TRATIONS IN PESHTIGO, WISCOONSIN, THAT VIOLATED THE NAACS    PRIMARY (HEALTH RELATED) STANDARD.  BADGER PAPER MILLS, INC. IS THE ONLY MAJOR SOURCE OF SULFUR DIOXIDE IN PESHTIGO AND   ON DECEMBER 13, 1983, REGION V ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION  TO BADGER FOR VIOLATION OF WISCONSIN SIP REGULATION NR 154.  12(1).  NR 154.12(1) IS PART OF THE FEDERALLY APPROVED AND   ENFORCEABLE WISCONSIN SIP.  IT PROHIBITS A SOURCE OF SULFUR  DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM CONTRIBUTING TO A VIOLATION OF THE    NAAQS.  BADGER OPERATES A BOILERHOUSE, FOUR DIGESTERS, A     SULFURIC ACID PLANT AND AN EVAPORATION PLANT AT THE PULP     MILL.  EACH OF THESE FACILITIES EMITS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF FULFUR DIOXIDE IF NOT PROPERLY CONTROLLED OR OPERATED.         CAUSE OF ACTION                                                 BADGER'S EMISSIONS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE ARE IN VIOLATION   OF THE WISCONSIN SIP AND BECAUSE BADGER IS A MAJOR SOURCE,   U.S. EPA IS REQUIRED TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION TO ABATE THE    VIOLATIONS AND RECOVER CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER SECTION 113 OF  THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 42 U.S.C. 7413.                             PROPOSED REMEDY                   

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