The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Custom Wood Recycling, Inc. (“Custom”) entered into a February 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See LIS NO. 22-012.
The CAO provides that Custom owns and operates a wood recycling facility (“Facility”) and an air incinerator curtain located in Danville, Arkansas.
The air permit referenced in the CAO is a General Air Permit for Title V Air Curtain Incinerators 2370-AGP-000 (“Permit”).
According to DEQ personnel on July 21, 20,21, a compliance inspection was conducted at the Custom Facility. According to the inspection, it covered the reporting period from July 2020 through June 2021.
According to records reviewed during inspection, the Facility failed to conduct initial opacity testing at its air incinerator curtain within 180 day of startup. This is in violation of Specific Condition 26.
DEQ informed Custom about an alleged compliance issue that was identified during the inspection. The Facility responded. Custom stated that the Facility had contacted a testing company to schedule an opacity test at the curtain of the air incinerator.
Custom submitted to DEQ an application for a stack protocol form to conduct opacity testing at incinerator curtain October 15, 2021. The test results were submitted on October 21. 2021. The CAO stated that a review by the test results showed that the Facility was in compliance with the permitted limits of opacity at the time of testing.
The CAO states that Custom does not admit or deny the allegations.
A civil penalty of $1.200 will be assessed.
You can download a copy of the CAO Here.