POET operates an ethanol plant in Albert Lea, Minnesota. EPA issued a Notice of Violation on March 9, 2016, alleging that POET violated permit conditions established in a federally enforceable state operating permit. Specifically, from January 2011 through June 2016, the facility intermittently: operated fermentation units during scrubber downtime; failed to operate their scrubbers as required by the permits, and failed to consistently record the scrubber operating parameters as required by the permits. This Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) requires POET to pay a civil penalty of $120,000. EPA is concurrently issuing an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) requiring POET to install a secondary scrubber at the facility such that emissions from fermentation operations can be controlled during scrubber downtime.