Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Bay St. Louis Activated Carbon Manufacturing Facility Enter into Agreed Order
June 06, 2025
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Calgon Carbon Corporation (“Calgon”) entered into a May 12th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Order No. 7491 25.
The AO addresses an activated carbon manufacturing facility located in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
The AO states that Calgon was notified of the following violations of Permit to Construct Air Emissions Equipment No. 1000-00015, which are alleged to include:
- Failure to demonstrate compliance with nitrogen oxides limitation of 4.19 pounds per hour (3-hour average) during a stack test of Emission Point AA-034 on August 14, 2024.
- Failure to demonstrate compliance with nitrogen oxides limitation of 4.19 pounds per hour (3-hour average) during a stack test of Emission Point AA-035 on August 13, 2024.
The Calgon facility is stated to have subsequently demonstrated compliance with the NOx limitation during a retest on December 20, 2024.
The AO assesses a civil penalty of $56,000.00.
A copy of the AO can be downloaded here.
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