# BAYOU STEEL
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33748`
- **Case Number:** 06-1983-0005
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $35K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BAYOU STEEL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                         BAYOU STEEL CORPORATION (OF LAPLACE) OPERATES A STEEL      MANUFACTURING AND FORMING FACILITY IN ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST   PARISH, LOUISIANA. PROCESS UNITS INCLUDE TWO ELECTRICAL ARC  FURNACES, TWO CONTINUOUS CASTING UNITS, AND HOT ROLLING MILL EQUIPMENT. EMISSIONS FROM THE FACILITY ARE SUBJECT TO NEW    SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS) AND PERMIT PSD-LA-066,   ISSUED TO BAYOU STEEL ON MARCH 30, 1978.                         CAUSE OF ACTION                                            BAYOU STEEL BEGAN OPERATION IN 1981 WITH A FACILITY BASED  ON A GERMAN DESIGN. THE FACILITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO    MEET THE OPACITY LIMITS OF NSPS AS WELL AS MORE STRINGENT    BACT VISIBLE EMISSION LIMITS ON THE PSD PERMIT. HOWEVER,     THE SOURCE IS EXPERIENCING OPACITY VIOLATIONS, APPARENTLY    DUE TO MISDESIGN OF THE SECONDARY CONTROL SYSTEM. BAYOU      STEEL COLLECTS EMIISIONS FROM CHARGING AND TAPPING           OPERATIONS IN CANOPY HOODS OVER EACH FURNACE, RATHER THAN    VENTING EMISSIONS DIRECTLY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE HOODS    VENT TO SIX BAGHOUSES, KNOWN AS STUB STACKS, LOCATED ON THE  ROOF OF THE BUILDING. APPARENTLY, HEAT FROM THE CHARGES/TAPS HAD NOT BEEN FULLY EVALUATED PRIOR TO DESIGN. SPARKS AND     THE COMPANY HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT AN OPEN ENFORCEMENT   HEAT SPIKES BURN THE BAGS, DECREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE  BAGHOUSE. HEAT SPIKES AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE BAGHOUSE REACH  1000 DEGREES F. NSPS LIMITS OPACITY TO 2

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