Springfield firm's plumes draw fines

0 Comments | Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), September, 2002

Byline: JOE HARWOOD The Register-Guard

SPRINGFIELD - Particleboard maker SierraPine Ltd.'s factory in east Springfield is paying fines of up to $1,000 a month while the company tries to figure out how to cut the plant's visible emissions to comply with an air quality rule.

The company has paid $18,000 in fines over the past two years for repeatedly violating a rule that limits the "opacity" - or density - of visible industrial fumes.

The company paid the most recent fine - $1,000 - last week, according to Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority documents. The agency enforces state and federal air pollution laws in Lane County.

The fines stem from visible plumes that rise out of roof-top vents above particleboard presses at the 800 N. 48th...

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