EPA v. FORT HOWARD CORP
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$350,000
Compliance action
$100,000
Case summary
REFERRAL FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF NSPS FOR FOSSIL-FIRED STEAM GENERATORS. EMISSIONS FROM BOILER 8 EXCEEDED SO2 EMISSION LEVEL OF 1.2 POUNDS PER MILLION BTU. VIOLATION OF NSPS LIMIT FOR SO2 AT ONE OF FACILITY'S COAL-FIRED HAILERS.
Defendants (1)
- FORT HOWARD CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
FORT JAMES OPERATING COMPANY
1919 S. BROADWAY AVE., GREEN BAY, WI, 54304
Registry ID: 110013863275
Statutes cited
- CAA 111E — Clean Air Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
FORT HOWARD CORP.entered 1996-05-28
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $350,000
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1988-12-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1993-08-12Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1996-03-27Complaint Filed With Court
- 1996-05-28Enforcement Action Closed
- 1996-05-28Final Order Lodged
- 1996-05-28Final Order Entered
- 1996-05-28Concluded
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 28615
- Case number
- 05-1993-1497
- 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 05-1993-1497 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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