STATE OF INDIANA

 

COUNTY OF MARION

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BEFORE THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

 

COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,

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Complainant,

 

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Case No. 2006-15501-A

 

 

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OXBOW CARBON & MINERALS,

 

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Respondent.

 

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AGREED ORDER

 

The Complainant and the Respondent desire to settle and compromise this action without hearing or adjudication of any issue of fact or law, and consent to the entry of the following Findings of Fact and Order.

 

I.  FINDINGS OF FACT

 

1.      Complainant is the Commissioner (“Complainant”) of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, a department of the State of Indiana created by IC 13-13-1-1.

 

2.      Respondent is Oxbow Carbon & Minerals ("Respondent"), which owns and operates the facility with Plant ID No. 029-00023, located at 133 Franklin St., in Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana (“Site”).

 

3.      The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (“IDEM”) has jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter of this action.

 

4.      Pursuant to IC 13-30-3-3, IDEM issued a Notice of Violation via Certified Mail to:

 

 

Brian L. Acton, President

Oxbow Carbon & Minerals

 

Corporation Service Company,

Registered Agent

Oxbow Carbon & Minerals

1601 Forum Place Ste. P2

West Palm Beach, FL 33401

251 E. Ohio St., Suite 500

Indianapolis, IN 46204

 

5.      An inspection on February 8, 2006, was conducted at the Site by a representative of IDEM’s Office Air Quality (OAQ).  The following violations were in existence or observed at the time of this inspections:

 

a.         Pursuant to 326 IAC 6-4-2(4), no source shall allow fugitive dust to visibly cross the boundary or property line of a source. This source allowed fugitive emissions to blow off an unnamed paved road and cross the southern property line at ground level, a violation of 326 IAC 6-4-2(4).

 

6.      In recognition of the settlement reached, Respondent waives any right to administrative and judicial review of this Agreed Order.

 

II.  ORDER

 

1.      This Agreed Order shall be effective ("Effective Date") when it is approved by the Complainant or his delegate, and has been received by the Respondent.  This Agreed Order shall have no force or effect until the Effective Date.

 

2.      Respondent shall comply with the rules which Respondent was found to be in violation; as cited under "Findings of Facts".

 

3.      Respondent shall comply with 326 IAC 6-4.

 

4.      Respondent shall increase the frequency of sweeping and wetting the road.

Respondent shall maintain a record of when sweeping occurs.

Respondent shall place speed bumps and speed limit signs to control speed and dust.

Speed shall be limited to five miles per hour and speed bumps shall be installed by the end of June, 2006.

Respondent shall install additional screening to existing fence to minimize offsite transport of dust and particulates.

 

5.      Respondent is assessed a civil penalty of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500).  Said penalty amount shall be due and payable to the Environmental Management Special Fund within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Agreed Order.

 

6.      In the event the terms and conditions of paragraph three are violated, the Complainant may assess and the Respondent shall pay a stipulated penalty in the following amount:

 

Violation

Penalty

 

 

Failure to comply with Order paragraph three

$100 per week

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.      Stipulated penalties shall be due and payable within thirty (30) days after Respondent receives written notice that the Complainant has determined a stipulated penalty is due.  Assessment and payment of stipulated penalties shall not preclude the Complainant from seeking any additional relief against the Respondent for violation of the Agreed Order.  In lieu of any of the stipulated penalties given above, the Complainant may seek any other remedies or sanctions available by virtue of Respondent’s violation of this Agreed Order or Indiana law, including, but not limited to, civil penalties pursuant to IC 13-30-4.

 

8.      Civil and stipulated penalties are payable by check to the Environmental Management Special Fund.  Checks shall include the Case Number of this action and shall be mailed to:

 

Indiana Department of Environmental Management

Cashier’s Office - Mail Code 50-10C

100 North Senate Avenue

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2251

 

9.      In the event that the civil penalty required by Order paragraph five is not paid within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Agreed Order, Respondent shall pay interest on the unpaid balance at the rate established by IC 24-4.6-1-101.  The interest shall continue to accrue until the civil penalty is paid in full.

 

10. This Agreed Order shall apply to and be binding upon the Respondent, its successors and assigns. The Respondent's signatories to this Agreed Order certify that they are fully authorized to execute this document and legally bind the parties they represent.  No change in ownership, corporate, or partnership status of the Respondent shall in any way alter its status or responsibilities under this Agreed Order.

 

11. In the event that any terms of the Agreed Order are found to be invalid, the remaining terms shall remain in full force and effect and shall be construed and enforced as if the Agreed Order did not contain the invalid terms.

 

12. The Respondent shall provide a copy of this Agreed Order, if in force, to any subsequent owners or successors before ownership rights are transferred.   Respondent shall ensure that all contractors, firms and other persons performing work under this Agreed Order comply with the terms of this Agreed Order.

 

13. This Agreed Order shall remain in effect until Respondent has complied with all terms and conditions of this Agreed Order.

 

TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATION:

RESPONDENT:

Department of Environmental Management

 

 

 

By: __________________________

By: ________________________

David P. McIver

Chief, Air Section

 

Office of Enforcement

Printed: __________________

 

 

 

Title: ________________________

 

 

Date: __________________________

Date: ________________________

 

 

 

 

COUNSEL FOR COMPLAINANT:

COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT:

Department of Environmental Management

 

 

 

By: ___________________________

By: ________________________

Julie Alexander,

Deputy Attorney General

Office of Legal Counsel

 

 

 

Date: ___________________________

Date: ________________________

 

APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT THIS _____ DAY OF _______________, 20__.

 

 

For the Commissioner:

 

 

Signed June 27, 2006

Matthew T. Klein

Assistant Commissioner for

Compliance & Enforcement