# METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30335`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0405
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $250K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $200.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- METROPOLITAN COUNCIL (settlement)
## Summary

METRO VIOLATED THE PARTICULATE STANDARDS IN THE MINNESOTA ST ATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP) AND IN THE NSPS STANDARD FOR   SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS IN THE OPERATION OF ITS SLUDGE       INCINERATORS. THESE VIOLATIONS ARE BASED UPON STACK TESTS    AND UPON CALCULATION OF UNCONTROLLED EMISSIONS FROM EMERGEN- CY STACKS AT THE INCINERATORS. METRO ALSO FAILED TO OPERATE  ITS FACILITY IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH GOOD AIR POLLUTION  CONTROL PRACTICES FOR MINIMIZING EMISSIONS IN VIOLATION OF   40 C.F.R. SEC. 60.11(D) AND FAILED TO INSTALL COM DEVISES    IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIP.

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