# DAW FOREST PRODUCTS CO.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `47756`
- **Case Number:** 08-1985-0020
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $15K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DAW FOREST PRODUCTS CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE REGION ISSUED AN NON TO DIAMOND INTERNATIONAL CORP. IN APRIL, 1984 FOR VIOLATIONS OF PARTICULATE EMISSION        STANDARDS FROM THE SOURCES WOOD WASTE BOILER AT THE          SUPERIOR, MONTANA MILL.                                           SECTION ARM 16.8.1402 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF    MONTANA AIR QUALITY LIMITS PARTICULATE EMISSIONS FROM        NEW FUEL BURNING EQUIPTMENT TO 0.41 POUNDS/MILLION BTU'S     AT A HEAT INPUT RATE OF 49 MILLION BTU'S/HR.  THIS           EMISSION LIMITATION APPLIES TO ANY FUEL BURNING FACILITY     CONSTRUCTED OR MODIFIED AFTER NOVEMBER 23, 1968.  THE        PERMIT FOR THE MODIFICATION OF THE BOILER HERE WAS ISSUED    ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1972.                                            ON OCTOBER 1, 1981, THE WOOD WASTE BOILER WAS TESTED    FOR EMISSIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40CFR-PART 60, APPENDIX A   BY BWR ASSOCIATES OF KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON.  THE EMISSION    RATE AVERAGED 44.8 LBS PARTICULATES/HR OVER A 3 HOUR TEST    PERIOD RUN AT A HEAT INPUT RATE OF 49 MILLION BTU/HR. THIS   CORRESPONDS TO AN EMISSIONS RATE OF 0.91 LB/MILLION BTU ---  A VIOLATION OF ARM 16.8.1402.                                     SECONDLY, ARM 16.8.1402(2) REQUIRES SOURCES DISCHARGING TO THE OUTDOOR AIR TO LIMIT OPACITY TO LESS THAN 20% AVERAGD OVER SIX CONSECUTIVE MINUTES. THE MONTANA DEPT. OF HEALTH    AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ( MDHES )OBSERVED 3 VIOLATIONS    OF THIS REGULATION:  FEBRUARY 11, 1976 -- 58% OPACITY        .                    AUGUST 23, 1979 --  

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