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WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

Judicial · FY1997 · — · Combined With Another Case(s) · 37676

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1997-0851
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Combined With Another Case(s)
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-2186
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 113 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ). 2. WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC., AN OREGON CORPORATION HIGHWAY 80 EAST TAYLOR, BIENVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA 71080 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 110, PART C, AND 165 OF THE CAA BY 1) FAILING TO OBTAIN PSD PERMITS FOR MAJOR MODIFICATIONS TO EMISSION SOURCES, 2) FAILING TO INSTALL BEST AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES (BACT) FOR VOCS, NOX, CO, AND PM SA REQUIRED BY THE PSD RULES, 3) FAILING TO COMPLETELY AND ACCURATELY REPORT THE TYPES AND QUANTITIES OF EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATIONS AS RE- QUIRED, AND FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERALLY ENFORCE- ABLE STATE PERMIT EMISSIONS LIMITS ISSUED UNDER THE LA. AND AR. SIPS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113 OF THE CAA, EPA RE- FERS THIS DIRECT REFERRAL TO DOJ REQUESTING INITIATION OF A CIVIL ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST WILLAMETTE. EPA IS SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF REQUIRING THE RESPONDENT TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS BY OBTAINING THE NECESSARY PSD AND/OR SIP PERMITS, INSTALLING THE NECESSARY CONTROL E- QUIPMENT REQUIRED BY THOSE PERMITS, AND PAYING A SIGNIFI- CANT CIVIL PENALTY THAT RECOVERS THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF NONCOMPLIANCE AND REFLECTS THE GRAVITY OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS.

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