EPA v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$440,000
Case summary
05/11/92: EPA ALLEGES THAT PUBLIC SERVICE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, FAILED TO FOLLOW GOOD AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PRACTICE BY FAILING TO SELECT AND IMPLEMENT A LONG-TERM COMPLIANCE METHOD FOR CONTROL OF OPACITY AT ITS PAWNEE UNIT NUMBER 1 FOSSIL FUEL FIRED POWER PLANT.
Defendants (2)
- PSC OF COLORADO - PAWNEE POWER PLANTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
XCEL ENERGY-PAWNEE STATION
1490 MORGAN COUNTY RD. 24, BRUSH, CO, 80723
Registry ID: 110000600234
Statutes cited
- CAA 113 — Clean Air Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADOentered 1992-09-01
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $440,000 · State/local: $160,000
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1991-09-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1992-05-11Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1992-09-01Final Order Lodged
- 1992-09-01Final Order Entered
- 1992-09-01Complaint Filed With Court
- 1992-09-01Concluded
- 1992-09-01Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 49131
- Case number
- 08-1992-0143
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Clean Air Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1992-0143 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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