# KETCHIKAN PULP CO
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54127`
- **Case Number:** 10-1988-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $175K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KETCHIKAN PULP CO (complaint) (settlement)
- LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP (POSSIBLE)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL IS A CIVIL JUDICIAL ACTION IN THE U S        DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA AGAINST KETCHIKAN  PULP COMPANY (KPC), WHICH OWNS AND OPERATES A PULP MILL IN   KETCHIKAN, AK.  THE SUIT SEEKS INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND CIVIL   PENALTIES UNDER SECTION 309 OF THE CWA, 33 USC, 1251 ET SEQ, FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 301 OF THE ACT.  KPC HAS VIOLATED  BOTH THE TERMS OF AN NPDES PERMIT INCORPORATING NATIONAL     EFFLUENT GUIDELINES FOR THE PULP INDUSTRY AND THE TERMS OF   AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT ORDER.                               EPA IS SEEKING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR KPC'S PAST VIOLATIONS   IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE BENEFITS OF DELAYED COMPLIANCE.    EPA ALSO SEEKS TO HAVE THE COURT ISSUE A CONSENT DECREE TO   KPC WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH A REVISED COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE AND  STIPULATED PENALTIES FOR FUTURE VIOLATIONS.

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