# WISCONSIN POWER AND LIGHT
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1987 · — · Source Agrees
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26681`
- **Case Number:** 05-1987-0496
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Source Agrees
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
## Summary

WISCONSIN POWER AND LIGHT (WPL) OWNES AND OPERATES THE  COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION, AN ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATING  FACILITY LOCATED IN PORTAGE, WISCONSIN.  THE PLANT IS A MA-  JOR STATIONARY SOURCE UNDER SECTIONS 111(A)(5) AND 302(J)    OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 42 USC SECTIONS 7411(A)(5) AND 7602(J) THE PLANT BURNS COAL, CAUSING EMISSION OF PARTICULATES.      UNIT 2 OF THE PLANT IS SUBJECT TO THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMING  STANDARDS (NSPS), 40 CFR SECTOPMS 60.1 - 60.12 AND TO PER-   FORMING STANDARDS FOR POSSIBLE FUEL STORAGE GENERATORS, 40   CFR SECTIONS 60.40 - 60.47.  WPL EXCESSES AND OPERATING PAR- TICLES AND OPACITY STANDARDS AT 40 CFR SECTOPMS 60.11(D) AND 60.42 (A)(2), FROM 1984 - 1986.  THIS ACTION IS BROUGHT TO   ENFORCE CONTINUOUS COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE STANDARDS, THROUGH  WPL CONVERSION OF COLUMBIA UNIT 2 FROM THE EXISTING HOT-SIDE ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR (ESP) TO COLD-SIDE DESIGN.

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