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Agrium/Royster-Clark Clean Air Settlement

(Washington, D.C. - Feb. 6, 2007) -- A Cincinnati-area nitric acid production facility will pay $750,000 in civil penalties to settle violations of the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the Clean Air Act uncovered by EPA. The parent companies also agreed to install state-of-the-art pollution control equipment at the facility that will reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions of by more than 200 tons per year.

The EPA issued Notices of Violation to Agrium US, Inc. and Royster-Clark, Inc. in Oct. 2006 for making construction modifications to a North Bend, Ohio facility in the mid-1990s without first obtaining necessary federal pre-construction permits and installing the required pollution control equipment. The un-permitted modifications caused the facility to emit more NOx than allowed by federal law.

"This company increased its profits by ignoring environmental laws," said Granta Nakayama, EPA's Assistant Administrator for enforcement and compliance assistance. "The EPA will continue enforcing against companies that refuse to comply with regulations intended to protect public health and our air, water and land."

For more information, contact:

Nathan Frank
US EPA Region 5
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
Office: 312-886-3850
frank.nathan@epa.gov

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