EPA v. OLMSTED COUNTY MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITY

Case summary

The Olmsted Waste-to-Energy Facility (OWEF) owns and operates two small municipal waste combustor (MWC) units that are subject to the Federal Plan Requirements for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed On or Before August 30, 1999 (“the Small MWC FIP”). Between July 24, 2005 and August 12, 2005, the OWEF violated the activated carbon feed rate monitoring and recordkeeping requirements in the Small MWC FIP at one of its two small MWC units. Specifically, OWEF failed to monitor the injection rate of activated carbon, and failed to record the 8-hour block average carbon feed rate at its Small Class II municipal waste combustion unit pursuant to 40 C.F.R. §§ 62.15275 and 62.15310. According to the OWEF's 2005 Annual Report, the OWEF violated the monitoring requirements on 18 days between July 24 and August 12, 2005.

Defendants (1)

• OLMSTED COUNTY MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OLMSTED COUNTY WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITY

  301 ENERGY PKWY NE, ROCHESTER, MN, 559064500

  Registry ID: 110008816549

Statutes cited

• CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• OLMSTED COUNTY MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITYentered 2009-03-02

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2009-03-02Final Order Issued
• 2009-03-05Enforcement Action Data Entered