# MASONITE CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52419`
- **Case Number:** 09-1993-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $600K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $2.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MASONITE CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

MASONITE CONSTRUCTED A NEW PRODUCT LINE AT ITS FACILITY    IN UKIAH, CA. DURING 1989. THE NEW LINE SIGNIFICANTLY        INCREASED EMISSIONS OF VOCS AND NOX. MASONITE WAS AN         EXISTING MAJOR SOURCE AND ITS CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW LINE   CONSTITUTED A MAJOR MODIFICATION. HOWEVER, MASONITE FAILED   TO OBTAIN A PERMIT PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION, WHICH VIOLATES     SECTION 165 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT.                              IN ADDITION, MASONITE VIOLATED A PERMIT LIMITATION ON ITS  USAGE OF FUEL OIL IN A BOILER ON THE FACILITY.

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