# R.I. BUSSE, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31109`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0516
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $28K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $15K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- R.I. BUSSE, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

R.I. BUSSE, INC. OWNS AND OPERATES A ROCK CRUSHING FACILITY  AT THE ABOVE ELK GROVE VILLAGE ADDRESS, WHICH IS SUBJECT     TO NSPA SUBPART OOO, NONMETALLIC MINERAL PROCESSING.  SUB-   PART OOO STIPULATES A 15% OPACITY LIMIT ON ROCK CRUSHERS.    IN RESPONSE TO A CITIZEN COMPLAINT, THIS SITE WAS INSPECTED  ON JULY 23, 1998, AND VIOLATION OF THE 15% OPACITY LIMIT     WAS DOCUMENTED AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER.  ON A FOLLOW-UP       INSPECTION LON JULY 27, 1998, ANOTHER VIOLATION OF THE 15%   OPACITY LIMIT WAS AGAIN DOCUMENTED AT THE PRI(?) CRUSHER.    ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1998, U.S. EPA ISSUED A FINDING OF VIOLATION TO R.I. BUSSE, INC.(BUSSE), ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE FEDERAL NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS   (NSPS) FOR NONMETALLIC MINERAL PROCESSING PLANTS AND THE     NSPS GENERAL PROVISIONS.  BUSSE EXCEEDED THE NSPS OPACITY    LIMITS AT THE PRIMARY ROCK CRUSHER AND FAILED TO OPERATE     WATER SPRAYS IN A MANNER ADEQUATE TO CONTROL DUST.  OPACITY  IS THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT OBSCURED BY PARTICULATES (DUST,       SMOKE, ADSH).  THE VIOLATIONS WERE DETERMINED BY U.S. EPA    INSPECTIONS IN JULY OF 1988.  ON DECEMBER 7, 1998, THE U.S.  EPA, REGION 5, FILED AN ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY COMPLAINT,    PROPOSING A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOPUNT OF $55,000 AGAINST  BUSSE.  THE COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT BUSSE VIOLATED THE NEW    SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS) FOR NONMETALLIC MINERAL  PROCESSING PLANTS AND THE NSPS GENERAL PROVISIONS.  SPECIFI- CALLY, EMISSIONS FROM BUSSE'S PRIMAR

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