EPA v. POET BIOREFINING GLENVILLE EAST - ACO

Case summary

POET operates an ethanol plant in Albert Lea, Minnesota. EPA issued a Notice of Violation on March 9, 2016, alleging that POET violated permit conditions established in a federally enforceable state operating permit. Specifically, from January 2011 through June 2016, the facility intermittently: operated fermentation units during scrubber downtime; failed to operate their scrubbers as required by the permits, and failed to consistently record the scrubber operating parameters as required by the permits. This Administrative Consent Order (ACO) requires POET to construct a secondary scrubber which will control emissions from the fermentation units during scrubber downtime. EPA is concurrently issuing a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) which requires POET to pay civil penalty of $120,000.

Defendants (1)

• POET BIOREFINING GLENVILLE EASTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• POET BIOREFINING GLENVILLE LLC

  15300 780TH AVE, ALBERT LEA, MN, 560077083

  Registry ID: 110032967957

• POET BIOREFINING GLENVILLE LLC

  15300 780TH AVE, ALBERT LEA, MN, 560077083

  Registry ID: 110032967957

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• POET BIOREFINING GLENVILLE EAST - ACOentered 2016-09-19

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2016-09-19Final Order Issued
• 2016-09-19Enforcement Action Data Entered