EPA v. 3M - COTTAGE GROVE ABRASIVES
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
3M owns and operates two calciners at its Cottage Grove, MN, facility. Both calciners are subject to the Standards of Performance for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries. 3M uses a wet scrubbing system to control nitrogen oxide and particulate matter emissions from the calciners. 3M violated the requirements to measure and record continuously the pressure loss of the gas stream through the scrubber and the scrubbing liquid flow rate to the scrubber and to determine and record once each day an arithmetic average over a 24-hour period of both the change in pressure of the gas stream across the scrubber and the flowrate of the scrubbing liquid. Pursuant to the Consent Agreement and Final Order, 3M will pay a $30,000 civil penalty. In December 2007, 3M requested that it monitor the nozzle pressure of its Venturi scrubber instead of the pressure loss of the gas stream through the Venturi scrubber. In February 2008, EPA approved the request.
Defendants (1)
- 3M-COTTAGE GROVE ABRASIVESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (60)
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY - ABRASIVES
10746 INNOVATION RD, COTTAGE GROVE, MN, 55016
Registry ID: 110000423667
- …and 45 more
Statutes cited
- CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
3M - COTTAGE GROVE ABRASIVESentered 2008-06-02
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $30,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2008-06-02Final Order Issued
- 2008-06-02Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2008-07-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 1000009896
- Case number
- 05-2008-2706
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 05
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- New Source Performance Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-2008-2706 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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