EPA v. ALPHA CELLULOSE CORPORATION
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$850,000
Case summary
THIS IS A PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION TO OBTAIN PENALTIES OF $1,830,209.00 FOR ALPHA'S PAST VIOLATIONS OF ITS NPDES PER- MIT AND THE CLEAN WATER ACT. FROM NOVEMBER 1988 THRU OCTOBER 1990, ALPHA VIOLATED SECTION 301(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. 1311(A), BY EXCEEDING EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR BIO CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD), TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS), AMMONIA, PH AND FLOW AS SET IN ITS NPDES PERMIT.
Defendants (1)
- ALPHA CELLULOSE CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
BUCKEYE LUMBERTON INCORPORATED
1000 E. NOIR ST., LUMBERTON, NC, 28358
Registry ID: 110000350030
BUCKEYE LUMBERTON INCORPORATED
1000 E. NOIR ST., LUMBERTON, NC, 28358
Registry ID: 110000350030
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ALPHA CELLULOSE CORP.entered 1993-03-25
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $850,000
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1990-03-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1991-08-08Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1993-03-25Final Order Lodged
- 1993-03-25Final Order Entered
- 1993-03-25Complaint Filed With Court
- 1993-03-25Concluded
- 1993-07-02Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 20721
- Case number
- 04-1991-0046
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- CER
- EPA region
- 04
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-1991-0046 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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