EPA v. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FED. ET.AL. V. COPPER RANGE COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$4,800,000
Case summary
STATE OF MICHIGAN FIRST DETECTED VIOLATIONS IN 8/90. EPA INSPECTION 0N 7/28/92 & 7/29/92 REVEALED CONT. VIOLATIONS. VIOLATIONS INVOLVE OPACITY LEVELS, AND PARTICULATE MATTER RATE OF EMISSION, AS ESTABLISHED IN MICHIGAN STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UNDER SECTION 10 OF CAA ALSO, EPCRTKA/CERCLA VIOLATIONS CITED FOR FAILURE TO NOTIFY EPA/STATE ABOUT TOXIC RELEASE.
Defendants (1)
- COPPER RANGE COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
COPPER RANGE COMPANY
1 WILCOX RD., WHITE PINE, MI, 499710100
Registry ID: 110001130534
Statutes cited
- CAA 113 — Clean Air Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FED. ET.AL. V. COPPER RANGE COMPentered 1996-07-31
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $4,800,000
Timeline (8 milestones)
- 1992-05-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1992-09-25Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1992-09-25Referred TO U.S. Attorney
- 1993-04-29Complaint Filed With Court
- 1996-07-31Final Order Lodged
- 1996-07-31Final Order Entered
- 1996-07-31Concluded
- 1996-07-31Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 28090
- Case number
- 05-1992-0266
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- AWTGL
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Clean Air Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1992-0266 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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