# WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37671`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0846
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint)
## Summary

1. SECTION 113 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ).                 2. WILLIAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC., AN OREGON CORPORATION          U.S. HIGHWAY 80                                              RUSTON, LINCOLN PARISH, LOUISIANA 71270                   3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 111 OF THE CAA BY     FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE PARTICLE MATTER (PM) EMISSIONS    LIMIT ESTABLISHED UNDER THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STAND-    ARDS (NSPS) FOR A WOODWASTE-FIRED BOILER.                 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113 OF THE CAA, EPA RE-    FERRED THIS CASE TO DOJ REQUESTING INITIATION OF CIVIL       ENFORCEMENT ACTION AAGINST WILLIAMETTE. EPA IS SEEKING       INJUNCTIVE RELIEF REQUIRING THE CORRECTION OF THE VIOLA-     TIONS BY OBTAINING THE NECESSARY PSD AND/OR SIP PERMITS,     INSTALL THE NECESSARY CONTROL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED BY THOSE    PERMITS AND TO PAY A SIGNIFICANT CIVIL PENALTY THAT RE-      COVERS THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE AND REFLECTS    THE GRAVITY OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS.                    5. NATIONAL COORDINATION EFFORTS: THESE VIOLATIONS WILL BE      ADDRESSED IN A NATIONAL CASE FILED AGAINST WILLAMETTE        THAT SHOULD INCLUDE ADDITIONAL WILLAMETTE FACILITIES LO-     CATED IN REGIONS 4 AND 10. IN ADDITION, THIDS REFERRAL       MAY BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE VIOLATIONS IN OTHER MEDIA AT       OTHER WILLAMETTE FACILITIES.

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