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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR IA0000001901900058

POET BIOREFINING - FAIRBANK, LLC, Fairbank, IA: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

POET BIOREFINING - FAIRBANK, LLC, at 1277 102ND ST, Fairbank in Buchanan County, Iowa, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “No Violation Identified”. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedPOET BIOREFINING - FAIRBANK, LLC
ICIS-AIR IDIA0000001901900058
EPA facility registry ID110024836668
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address1277 102ND ST, Fairbank, IA 50629
CountyBuchanan County
In a nonattainment countyNo (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Chemical manufacturing (NAICS 3251)
SIC code2869
EPA region07

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs POET BIOREFINING - FAIRBANK, LLC is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
January 6, 2026FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
June 20, 2024FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
May 26, 2022FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
July 1, 2020FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
May 17, 2018FCE On-SiteU.S. EPAMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Operating Permits; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
May 15, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateNew Source Performance Standards
September 8, 2022Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 13, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateNew Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement and penalties

0 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 0 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 15, 2025Warning LetterState
September 8, 2022Notice of ViolationState
July 13, 2021Notice of ViolationState

Stack tests

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 13, 2025PassState
June 12, 2025PassState
June 11, 2025PassState
May 8, 2025PassState
June 27, 2024PassState
June 26, 2024PassState
November 8, 2023PassState
November 8, 2023PassState
July 7, 2023PassState
July 6, 2023PassState
May 30, 2023PassState
September 8, 2022PassState
June 17, 2022PassState
June 15, 2022FailState
June 14, 2022PassState
June 11, 2021PassState
June 11, 2021PassState
June 11, 2021PassState
November 6, 2020PassState
November 5, 2020PassState
November 4, 2020PassState
June 12, 2020PassState
June 11, 2020PassState
June 10, 2020PassState
May 21, 2020PassState
May 20, 2020PassState
August 27, 2019PassState
June 14, 2019PassState
June 13, 2019PassState
June 12, 2019PassState
June 15, 2018PassState
June 15, 2018PendingState
December 14, 2017PassState
October 31, 2017PassState
June 8, 2017PassState
April 26, 2017PassState

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-AIR download, loaded September 14, 2026.