# GEORGIA - PACIFIC CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52188`
- **Case Number:** 09-1989-0036
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $108K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION ( GP ) OWNS AND OPERATES A     WOOD-FIRED BOILER (WELLONS BOILER) LOCATED NEAR MARTELL,     CALIFORNIA (AMADOR COUNTY).  THE BOILER IS SUBJECT TO A      PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) PERMIT         ISSUED BY EPA IN 1979 AND AMENDED IN 1982.  THE PSD PERMIT   CONTAINS EMISSION LIMITS FOR TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES    ( TSP ) AND FOR NITROGEN OXIDES ( NOX ).  SINCE ITS          ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY AND PSD PERMIT IN 1988, GP HAS   BEEN IN VIOLATION OF THESE EMISSION LIMITATIONS.               REGION IX PLANS TO RESOLVE THIS CASE VIA CONSENT DECREE    THAT WILL CALL FOR A PENALTY IN THE RANGE OF $96,600.  IN    ADDITION, GP WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL A VENTURI SCRUBBER  TO INSURE FUTURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TSP EMISSION LIMIT IN   THE PERMIT.

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