EPA v. NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY D/B/A XCEL ENERGY
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
ON MARCH 29, 2001, EPA ISSUED A FINDING OF VIOLATION TO XCEL ENERGY FOR VIOLATING THE SUBPART FFF EMISSION LIMITS FOR PARTICULATE MATTER, SULFER DIOXIDE, AND HYDROGEN CHLORIDE. IN THE FOV, EPA ALLEGED THAT BASED ON THE STACK TESTS CON- DUCTED IN JUNE 1999 AND OCTOBER 1998, EMISSION FROM THE TWO COMBUSTORS EXCEEDED THE LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY SUBPART FFF.
Defendants (1)
- NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
XCEL ENERGY - FRENCH ISLAND GENERATING PLANT
200 BAINBRIDGE ST, LA CROSSE, WI, 546031564
Registry ID: 110000422524
Statutes cited
- CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY D/B/A XCEL ENERGYentered 2003-10-20
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $500,000
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 2001-09-27Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 2001-10-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2003-06-18Complaint Filed With Court
- 2003-06-18Final Order Lodged
- 2003-10-20Final Order Entered
- 2006-01-26Enforcement Action Closed
- 2006-01-26Concluded
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 33256
- Case number
- 05-2001-0631
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- MMBII
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- New Source Performance Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-2001-0631 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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