Boise Cascade, U.S. Reach Clean Air Act Settlement

Jan. 13, 2005
Compiled By Jill Jusko Boise Cascade Corp. will be required to severely reduce harmful emissions from eight plywood and particleboard plants as a result of settling a Clean Air Act case with the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection ...
Compiled ByJill Jusko Boise Cascade Corp. will be required to severely reduce harmful emissions from eight plywood and particleboard plants as a result of settling a Clean Air Act case with the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency. Under terms of a consent decree filed in the U.S. District Court of Oregon in Portland, Boise Cascade will install air-pollution control equipment over the next three years at four of its operations. The estimated cost for this is $15 million. Additionally, the company must choose one of three pollution control options to reduce volatile organic compound emissions (VOCs) from its particleboard facility in Island City, Ore. Boise Cascade also will pay $4.35 million in civil penalties and spend $2.9 million in supplemental controls to reduce emissions at three plants. The state of Louisiana also will receive a $250,000 share of the penalties. According to the Justice Department, the settlement comes two years after the EPA issued its first notice of violation to the Boise, Idaho-based company in March 2000. The settlement is expected to reduce emissions of VOCs and particulates by 2,166 tons per year, the agency said. The consent decree is subject to a 30-day public comment period.

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