# KANSAS P&L-2
> **Judicial** · FY1980 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `42242`
- **Case Number:** 07-1980-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:                                             KANSAS POWER & LIGHT, INC ( KPL ) OWNS & OPERATES AN    ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING PLANT (CONSISTING OF UNIT 1 &      UNIT 2) IN ST. MARYS, KS. THIS A CIVIL ACTION TO ENFORCE     THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARD (NSPS) FOR POWER         PLANTS & THE ACCOMPANYING TESTING & MONITORING REGULA-       TIONS CONTAINED IN 40 CFR 60 ET SEQ.                           CAUSE OF ACTION:                                                KPL WAS LATE IN CONDUCTING PERFORMANCE TESTING OF       ITS GENERATORS & FAILED TO CERTIFY THE CONTINUOUS EMIS-      SION MONITORING SYSTEMS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 60.13(B) &     (C).                                                           PROPOSED REMEDY:                                                EPA & KPL HAVE NEG'D A CD WHEREBY KPL AGREED TO CER-    TIFY THE MONITORS IN ACCORDANCE W/THE REGULATIONS.             ISSUES OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE:                                EPA WAS PRESSING MONITORING REQUIREMENTS HERE. THE      STTLMNT IS NOT A GREAT ONE BUT UNDER THE UNIQUE CIRCUM-      STANCES OF THIS CASE IS ACCEPTABLE. HOPEFULLY SHOWS THAT     EPA TAKES MONITORING REQUIREMENTS SERIOUSLY.

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