Cardinal Ethanol has paid a $9,600 settlement following a
complaint that it violated its Clean Air Act operating permit.
According to the Indiana Department of Environmental
Management, the company did not take reasonable steps to restore an air
pollution scrubber's operation to normal operation in a practical time frame
during planned shutdowns in 2011-13.
The complaint also accuses the company of failing to record
visible emissions of bag house exhaust in December 2012.
Cardinal Ethanol produced 110 million gallons of ethanol in
fiscal year 2013.
Until the incident, Cardinal Ethanol had been the only
biofuels plant in East Central Indiana that had not paid a civil penalty for
alleged air or water violations. Those violations typically occur during
planned shutdowns for maintenance or start-ups.
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