Marshfield Facility Required To Pay $80,000 For Violations
Thursday, December 26th, 2013 -- 1:19 PM
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has announced judgment requiring Completion Industrial Minerals, LLC to pay $80,000 in forfeitures, court costs, and surcharges for violations of its Wisconsin air pollution control construction permit and Wisconsin?s air pollution control laws at its Marshfield hydraulic fracturing sand processing facility.According to the complaint, Completion failed to update its construction permit application to reflect changes that occurred during the construction process that were not specified or described in the plans and specifications approved under its construction permit. They also continued to construct their facility after its construction permit expired. In addition, Completion failed to prepare and submit to the Wisconsin DNR a fugitive dust plan within 60 days of permit issuance and failed to keep daily records of precautions taken under the fugitive dust plan and they also failed to record the pressure drop across a fabric particulate matter filter, failed to install and operate a continuous emission monitor, and failed to prepare and submit to the DNR a malfunction prevention and abatement plan for its facility.
Most of Completion?s violations occurred around the time its facility started operating. Completion cooperated with the DNR and addressed the violations soon after the violations were discovered. The modifications to the approved construction plans and the construction that was completed after the permit expired involved projects that reduced Completion?s particulate matter emissions.
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