EPA v. Empire Lumber Company
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On March 7, Region 10 filed a consent agreement and final order resolving violations of the Clean Air Act by Empire Lumber Company, located in Kamiah, Idaho. Empire operates a lumber planing and drying facility that includes a boiler that burns wood waste. The boiler exceeded the emission limit for particulate matter found in the Empire?s Title V Permit on at least one day. The company agreed to pay a penalty of $29,100.
Defendants (1)
- Empire Lumber CompanyNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
KAMIAH MILLS (EMPIRE LUMBER)
HIGHWAY 12 AND RAILROAD STREET, KAMIAH, ID, 83536
Registry ID: 110011625599
Statutes cited
- CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Empire Lumber Companyentered 2019-03-07
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $29,100
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 2018-12-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2019-03-07Final Order Issued
- 2019-03-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2019-03-07Compliance Achieved
- 2019-04-01Air Resolved
- 2019-04-01Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601695415
- Case number
- 10-2019-0039
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 10
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2019-0039 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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