# WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERV. CORP. - PULLIAM
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26606`
- **Case Number:** 05-1987-0409
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $38K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERV. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE DEFENDANT'S PULLIAM GENERATING STATION (PULLIAM) HAS   VIOLATED & CONTINUES TO VIOLATE WISCONSIN RULE NR 154.11(6), WHICH LIMITS THE OPACITY OF A SMOKE PLUME TO NOT GREATER     THAN 20 PERCENT.  THIS RULE IS PART OF THE FEDERALLY APPRO-  VED WISCONSIN STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP) FOR PARTICU-   LATE MATTER.  48 FED. REG. 9860 (3/9/83).                      A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS ISSUED BY USEPA TO WPSC ON NOVEM BER 21, 1986, BASED UPON VIOLATIONS OBSERVED FROM UNITS 3, 4 5, 6 AND 8 OF PULLIAM'S COMBINED FLUE STACK BETWEEN JANUARY  5, 1986, AND SEPTEMBER 9, 1986.  CONTINUING VIOLATIONS AT    PULLIAM'S STACK COMBINED FLUE UNITS 3-8 WERE OBSERVED ON MAY 26 AND 7, 1987.                                                REGION V SEEKS A PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST WPSC AND A   PENALTY OF AT LEAST $26,000.                                   WPSC HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN EXPEDITIOUSLY SETTLING THIS MATTER THROUGH A CONSENT DECREE, AND HAS REPRESENTED THAT IT HAS ALREADY STARTED A COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.

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