EPA v. COPAR QUARRIES (SB)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
EPA Region I and Copar Quarries of Westerly, LLC (Copar) have entered into an administrative settlement regarding Clean Air Act violations that EPA alleged occurred at Copar's facility, 271 Church Street in Bradford, Rhode Island. Copar operates a portable, nonmetallic mineral stone crushing and gravel processing plant. EPA alleged violations of the Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plant new source performance standards at 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOO, including the failure to conduct visible emissions testing. Copar has since complied with the performance standards. The CAFO requires that Copar pay an administrative civil penalty of $80,000.
Defendants (1)
- COPAR QUARRIES (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
ARMETTA, LLC - SAND AND STONE
271 CHURCH STREET, BRADFORD, RI, 02808
Registry ID: 110046595564
ARMETTA, LLC - SAND AND STONE
271 CHURCH STREET, BRADFORD, RI, 02808
Registry ID: 110046595564
Statutes cited
- CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
COPAR QUARRIES (SB)entered 2014-11-05
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $80,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2013-10-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2013-11-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2014-11-05Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400171443
- Case number
- 01-2014-1019
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 01
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- New Source Performance Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 01-2014-1019 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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