EPA v. ESSROC MATERIALS, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$300,000
Compliance action
$287,631
Case summary
ESSROC'S IN LINE KILN #2/RAW MILL SYSTEM AND CLINKER COOLER #2 HAVE VIOLATED THE PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSION STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR PORTLAND CEMENT PLANTS, GENERAL NSPS REQUIREMENTS AND THE CLEAN AIR ACT. ESSROC ALSO FAILED TO OPERATE POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH GOOD AIR POLLUTION PRACTICE FOR MINIMIZING EMISSIONS.
Defendants (1)
- ESSROC MATERIALS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
ESSROC MATERIALS INC
301 US 31, SPEED, IN, 47172
Registry ID: 110000592626
Statutes cited
- CAA 111E — Clean Air Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ESSROC MATERIALS, INC.entered 1998-01-13
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $300,000
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1996-06-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1996-06-28Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1997-08-04Complaint Filed With Court
- 1997-08-04Final Order Lodged
- 1998-01-13Final Order Entered
- 1998-09-17Concluded
- 1998-09-17Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 29789
- Case number
- 05-1996-0347
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- MMBI
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Clean Air Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1996-0347 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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