EPA v. PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF DEPT OF CORRECTION & GENERAL SERVICES
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On July 15, 2005, EPA Region III entered a Consent Agreement and Final Order (���CA/FO���) with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania���s Department of General Services (���DGS���) and Department of Corrections (���DOC���) for violations by DGS and DOC of Sections 113 and 502 of the Clean Air Act (���CAA���), 42 U.S.C. ���� 7413 and 7661a, 40 C.F.R. �� 52.23, and the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (���SIP���), including, but not limited to, 25 Pa. Code ���� 123.11, 123.41. 127.25 and 127.444. DGS owns and DOC operates the State Correctional Institution at Laurel Highlands, a prison for the retention and rehabilitation of persons convicted of criminal activity, in Somerset, Pennsylvania (���Facility���). Since at least April 2004, DOC and DGS have been in violation of the CAA, the PA SIP and the federally enforceable Title V Permit at the Facility for both particulate emissions and visible opacity which are emitted from 3 boilers at the Facility. The parties have agreed to resolve these violations through a cash penalty of $37,510. DOC has submitted a work plan to EPA to correct the violations by burning less polluting landfill gas in its boilers from a nearby landfill instead of coal. SELECT INITIATIVES: OTHER - COMPLIANCE OF STATE FACILITIES.
Defendants (1)
- PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEATH OF DEPT OF CORRECTION &Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
STATE CORRECTION INSTITUTE AT LAUREL HIGHLANDS
5706 GLADES PIKE, SOMERSET, PA, 155010631
Registry ID: 110010321678
Statutes cited
- CAA 112I — Permits/Compliance Schedule
- CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF DEPT OF CORRECTION & GENERAL SERVICESentered 2005-07-15
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $37,510
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2005-05-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2005-07-15Final Order Issued
- 2005-07-15Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2005-08-31Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 147072
- Case number
- 03-2005-0152
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 03
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Permits/Compliance Schedule
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-2005-0152 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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