EPA v. NEVADA POWER COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$400,000
Case summary
NPC HAS BEEN OPERATING ITS REID-GARDNER GENERATING STATION IN VIOLATION OF THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ( NSPS ) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ). THE REID-GARDNER FACILITY IS A LARGE COAL-FIRED ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING STATION LOCATED NORTH OF LAS VEGAS, NV, CONSISTING OF 4 UNITS AND PRODUCING 580 MW ELECTRICAL OUTPUT. THE NSPS VIOLATIONS ARE NUMEROUS AND OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES SPREAD OVER AN ALMOST TWO-YEAR PERIOD. NPC OPERATED REID-GARDNER UNIT 3 ( RG-3 ) FOR ELEVEN DAYS IN 1985 WITHOUT POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT, RESULTING IN EXCESS PARTICULATE MATTER ( PM ) AND SULFUR DIOXIDE ( S02 ) EMISSIONS AND OPACITY. THIS ALSO REPRESENTS A VIOLATION OF AN NSPS REGULATION REQUIRING GOOD AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PRACTICES. ADDITIONALLY, NPC VIOLATED A NUMBER OF REQUIRE- MENTS FOR THE RG-3 CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS MONITORING SYSTEMS ( CEMS ). NPC'S REID-GARDNER UNIT 4 ( RG-4 ) FAILED SOURCE TESTS IN 1984 AND 1986, INDICATING PM EMISSIONS VIOLATIONS. NPC HAS ALSO VIOLATED THE CEMS REGULATION FOR RG-4 IN AT LEAST SEVERAL HUNDRED INCIDENTS.
Defendants (1)
- NEVEDA POWER COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (5)
NEVADA POWER COMPANY REID GARDNER STATION
HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD 1 WALLY KAY WAY, MOAPA, NV, 89025
Registry ID: 110000497882
NEVADA POWER COMPANY REID GARDNER STATION
HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD 1 WALLY KAY WAY, MOAPA, NV, 89025
Registry ID: 110000497882
NEVADA POWER COMPANY REID GARDNER STATION
HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD 1 WALLY KAY WAY, MOAPA, NV, 89025
Registry ID: 110000497882
NEVADA POWER COMPANY REID GARDNER STATION
HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD 1 WALLY KAY WAY, MOAPA, NV, 89025
Registry ID: 110000497882
NEVADA POWER COMPANY REID GARDNER STATION
HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD 1 WALLY KAY WAY, MOAPA, NV, 89025
Registry ID: 110000497882
Statutes cited
- CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NEVADA POWER COMPANYentered 1991-11-27
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $400,000
Timeline (8 milestones)
- 1987-07-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1987-07-16Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1987-11-25Referred TO U.S. Attorney
- 1987-12-01Complaint Filed With Court
- 1991-11-27Final Order Lodged
- 1991-11-27Final Order Entered
- 1991-11-27Concluded
- 1992-11-27Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 52122
- Case number
- 09-1987-0026
- DOJ docket
- 90-5-2-1-1148
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- AIR
- EPA region
- 09
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- New Source Performance Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-1987-0026 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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