# ELMER'S CRANE AND DOZER, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30349`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0420
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $504K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ELMER'S CRANE AND DOZER, INC. (settlement)
## Summary

ELMER'S CRANE AND DOZER, INC. ( ELMER'S ) OWNS THREE PORT-   ABLE NONMETALLIC MINERAL PROCESSING PLANTS (THE  PLANTS )    (COMMONLY KNOWN AS SAND AND GRAVEL CRUSHING PLANTS) IN       LEELANAU COUNTY AND GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE     THREE PLANTS CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) THE CEDARAPIDS    1274 PLANT ( CEDARAPIDS PLANT ) IN MAPLE CITY, MICHIGAN;     (2) THE 103-VSI IMPACT SERVICE CORPORATION PLANT ( 103-VSI   PLANT ) IN MAPLE CITY; MICHIGAN; AND (3) THE 66  SPOKANE -   VSI PLANT ( 66  SPOKANE PLANT ) WERE INSTALLED AND COMMENCED OPERATIONS ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1994, AUGUST 11, 1995, AND       NOVEMBER 1, 1992, RESPECTIVELY. EACH OF THE THREE PLANTS WAS INSTALLED AND OPERATED WITHOUT AIR USE PERMITS REQUIRED      PURSUANT TO THE MICHIGAN STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ( SIP ).  IN ADDITION, ELMER'S FAILED TO PROVIDE REQUIRED WRITTEN NO-  TIFICATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE PLANTS TO   U.S. EPA. ELMER'S ALSO FAILED TO TIMELY CONDUCT PERFORMANCE  TESTS AT EACH OF THE PLANTS. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS AT COMPLI-  ANCE WITH PERFORMANCE TEST REQUIREMENTS FAILED TO FOLLOW     REQUIRED TEST METHODOLOGIES AND CONDITIONS. WRITTEN NOTIFI-  CATIONS, PERFORMANCE TESTS AND CORRESPONDING TEST METHODS    AND CONDITIONS ARE REQUIRED BY NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STAN-  DARDS ( NSPS ), 40 CFR PART 60, SUBPARTS A AND 000, PROMUL-  GATED UNDER SECTION 111 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 42 U.S.C. SEC. 7411. ELMER'S PERFORMANCE TESTS DID NOT INDICATE VIOLATIONS  OF OPACITY LIMITS. HOWEVER, U.S. EPA

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