# FIRST ENERGY CORP/OHIO EDISON CO
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31942`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0645
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FIRST ENERGY CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

OHIO EDISON CORPORATION PERFORMED A NUMBER OF MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR BOILER UNITS BETWEEN 1984 AND 1997.  U.S. EPA BELIEVES THESE MODIFICATIONS RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT EMISSIONS INCREASE FOR THE POLLUTANTS SPECIFIED ABOVE.  AS A RESULT, OHIO EDISON WAS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A PERMIT BEFORE MODIFYING THEIR BOILER UNITS.  THE FAILURE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THESE MODIFICATIONS IS A VIOLATION OF THE PSD     REGULATIONS.  FURTHER, SOME OF THE PROJECTS MAY ALSO HAVE VIOLATED NSPS REGULATIONS. FILED 11-3-99

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