Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty Related to Charleston Silica Production Operation | Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a January 26th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Wacker Chemical Corporation (“Wacker”). See Division of Air Pollution Control Case No. APC20-0116. The Order states that Wacker had been issued a construction permit (“Permit”) for an amorphous fumed silica production operation in Charleston, Tennessee. The Permit is stated to include Condition 10 which contains the following language: Carbon monoxide (CO) emissions from this source shall not exceed 0.69 lbs/hr (3.04 tons/yr) on a...