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GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

Judicial · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 33821

$35K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1984-0036
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

NATURE OF CASE- GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP., CROSSETT DIVISION, PAPER OPERATIONS (GEORGIA-PACIFIC) OWNS A KRAFT PULP MILL RECOVERY FURNACE AT ITS CROSSETT, AR. FACILITY IN VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES (NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OR NSPS) CODIFIED AT 40 CFR PART 60, SUBPART BB. VIOLATION OF THE TRS STANDARD HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY EMISSION TESTS CONDUCTED ON THE FURNACE ON 8/16/82, 1/25/83, AND 5/16/84. THIS IS A CIVIL SUIT FOR PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 AND AN INJUNCTION IS REQUESTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(B)(3) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT. CAUSE OF ACTION- PURSUANT TO THE STANDARD (NSPS), AN OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A KRAFT PULP MILL IS PROHIBITED FROM EMITTING TOTAL REDUCED SULFUR (TRS) IN EXCESS OF 5 PPM BY VOLUME ON A DRY BASIS, CORRECTED TO 8% OXYGEN, FROM ANY STRAIGHT KRAFT RECOVERY FURNACE. ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, PERFORMANCE TESTS CONDUCTED FOR CHEMICAL RECOVERY FURNACE 8R LOCATED AT GEORGIA-PACIFIC SHOWED A VIOLATION OF THAT STANDARD.

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