# GOPHER RESOURCE CORP
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2013 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3400057648`
- **Case Number:** 05-2013-5012
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- GOPHER RESOURCE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On June 24, 2011, EPA issued a Notice and Finding of Violation to Gopher Resource Corporation, Eagan, Minnesota, for alleged violations of the Minnesota State Implementation Plan and Title V of the Clean Air Act.  EPA is now entering into an Administrative Compliance Order (ACO) and a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to resolve the alleged violations. 

The ACO requires Gopher to use its spray dry absorber, which is a control device for sulfur dioxide (SO2), to achieve an emission rate of 500 pounds of SO2 per hour.  Gopher's current emission limit is 530 pounds of SO2 per hour.

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*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*