EPA v. EQ THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CO SITE 2 A/K/A EQ-BELLEVILLE

Case summary

Wayne Disposal Inc., a subsidiary of EQ: The Environmental Company, relies on passive flares for the control of municipal solid waste landfill gas emissions in older areas. This CAFO resolves penalty collection that addresses the company’s alleged failure to properly maintain thermocouples, pressure data loggers, and temperature data loggers for the passive vent flares, its failure to maintain and operate air pollution control equipment in a manner consistent with good air pollution control practice for minimizing emissions, failure to monitor the flares to ensure that they are operated and maintained in conformance with their designs, using an expired calibration gas required for surface monitoring, and corresponding violations of Section 3 of the Renewable Operating Permit and Section 502 of the CAA.

Defendants (1)

• EQ THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• US ECOLOGY MICHIGAN

  49350 NORTH INTERSTATE 94 SERVICE DRIVE, VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, MI, 48111

  Registry ID: 110000497132

• US ECOLOGY MICHIGAN

  49350 NORTH INTERSTATE 94 SERVICE DRIVE, VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, MI, 48111

  Registry ID: 110000497132

Statutes cited

• CAA 502 — Operating Permits (Title V)
• CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards
• CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EQ THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CO SITE 2 A/K/A EQ-BELLEVILLEentered 2013-10-17

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $91,389

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2013-10-17Final Order Issued
• 2013-10-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2013-10-25Enforcement Action Data Entered