# INDIANA DEPT. OF ADMINISTRATION > **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty ## Case - **Activity ID:** `26100` - **Case Number:** 05-1986-0300 - **Type:** Judicial - **Lead:** EPA - **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty - **Penalty assessed:** $28K - **Cost recovery:** — - **Compliance action $:** — - **Multimedia (multi-env):** N ## Defendants - INDIANA DEPT. OF ADMINISTRATION (complaint) (settlement) - INDIANA DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH (complaint) (settlement) ## Summary A. BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF THE CASE: THE DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTERS CENTRAL STATE HOSP. WHILE THE DEPT OF ADMINISTRATION (THROUGH ITS PUBLIC WORKS DIV.) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE HOSPITAL'S THREE COAL-FIRED BOILERS. THESE BOILERS PRO- VIDE STEAM FOR VARIOUS USES AT THE HOSPITAL. ON MAY 10, 198 5, REGION V ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE HOSP. FOR VI OLATIONS OF SIP RULES APC-3 (OPACITY) AND 325 IAC 6-1-12 (TC P) AT THE THREE BOILERS. AFTER A CONFERENCE WAS HELD PURSU- ANT TO SECTION 113A OF THE ACT, THE DEPT. AGREED TO BRING THE HOSP'S BOILERS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIP UNDER AN AD- MINISTRATIVE ORDER, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 113A AND 114A OF THE ACT. THE ORDER, AS ISSUED ON DECEMBER 24, 1985, REQUIRED THAT THE DEPTS. MAKE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BOILERS, ADD POL LUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE SIP RU- LES BY DECEMBER 20, 1985. IT ALSO REQUIRED THE INSTALLATION OF CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORS ( CEM ) FOR OPACITY BY JULY 31, 1986, AND THE PERFORMING OF DAILY VISIBLE EMISSION OBSER VATIONS UNTIL THAT TIME. STACK TESTS CONDUSTED IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND JULY 1986, RECENT VISIBLE EMISSIONS OBSERVATION S AND THE FAILURE TO INSTALL THE CEMS DEMONSTRATE THAT THE FACILITY HAS VIOLATED AND CONTINUES TO VIOLATE APC-3, 325 IA C 6-1-12 AND THE DECEMBER 1985 ORDER. THE DEPTS ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE --- *Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*