# APOGEE WAUSAU GROUP INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30260`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0301
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $24K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $9K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- APOGEE WAUSAU GROUP INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

RESPONDENT, APOGEE WAUSAU GROUP, INC., OWNS AND OPERATES A   SPRAY COATING FACILITY LOCATED IN WAUSAU, WISCONSIN          ( FACILITY ).  ON OCTOBER 13, 1997, THE RESPONDENT OBTAINED  A PERMIT TO OPERATE A FLAT LINE AT THE FACILITY COAT METAL   AND NON-METAL SUBSTRATES.  THE PERMIT AND WISCONSIN SIP      REQUIRED THE RESPONDENT TO CONTROL 85% OF ORGANIC COMPOUND   EMISSIONS FROM THE FLAT LINE.  BASED ON STACK TEST INFOR-    MATION, U.S. EPA ISSUED A COMPLAINT ASSERTING THAT THE       RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 113 (D) (1) OF THE CLEAN AIR     ACT, 42 U.S.C.  7413 (D) (1), BY EXCEEDING THE EMISSIONS     LIMIT THE FLAT LINE FROM OCTOBER 30, 1996 TO FEBRUARY 4,     1997.  THE COMPLAINT PROPOSED AN ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL        PENALTY OF $32,925.  BASED ON ADDITION EVIDENCE PRESENTED    TO THE AGENCY BY THE RESPONDENT AND THE RESPONDENT'S GOOD    FAITH EFFORT TO SETTLE THIS MATTER, U.S. EPA MITIGATED THE   PENALTY $23,800 FOR SETTLEMENT.                              CASE CLOSED 5/12/98.

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