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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR WAPSC0000000029525

ARCHAEA ENERGY INC DBA. EMERALD CITY RENEWABLES LLC, Graham, WA: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

ARCHAEA ENERGY INC DBA. EMERALD CITY RENEWABLES LLC, at 30919 MERIDIAN ST E, Graham in Pierce County, Washington, 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”. Pierce County is on EPA’s Green Book list of areas that do not meet a national air quality standard. 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 filedARCHAEA ENERGY INC DBA. EMERALD CITY RENEWABLES LLC
ICIS-AIR IDWAPSC0000000029525
EPA facility registry ID110001920636
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address30919 MERIDIAN ST E, Graham, WA 98338
CountyPierce County
In a nonattainment countyYes (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Utilities (NAICS 2211)
EPA region10
Local air agencyPuget Sound Clean Air Agency

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 ARCHAEA ENERGY INC DBA. EMERALD CITY RENEWABLES 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
March 2, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
March 2, 2026FCE On-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
February 12, 2026PCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
October 3, 2025PCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
January 7, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
January 7, 2025FCE On-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
May 31, 2024PCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
December 19, 2023PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
December 19, 2023FCE On-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
September 3, 2023PCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
December 20, 2022PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
December 20, 2022FCE On-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
May 24, 2022PCE Off-SiteU.S. EPANew Source Performance Standards
April 1, 2022PCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
November 16, 2021FCE On-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
November 16, 2021PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
April 22, 2021PCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
March 12, 2021FCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
August 20, 2020FCE On-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
August 20, 2020PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
July 27, 2020PCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
April 30, 2020PCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
March 6, 2020PCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
July 10, 2019FCE On-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
July 10, 2019PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
January 28, 2019PCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
July 12, 2018FCE On-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
July 12, 2018PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
May 7, 2018PCE Off-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
June 20, 2017PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits
June 20, 2017FCE On-SiteLocalMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Title V Permits

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.

EPA’s violation history file holds no violation for ICIS-AIR WAPSC0000000029525 since January 1, 2017.

Enforcement and penalties

3 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 2 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.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
April 21, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$1,000
May 17, 2019Administrative OrderLocal$0
April 5, 2017Administrative OrderLocal$3,000

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 27, 2026Notice of ViolationLocal
January 5, 2023Notice of ViolationLocal
January 5, 2023Notice of ViolationLocal
January 5, 2023Notice of ViolationLocal
March 23, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
March 23, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
March 23, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
March 23, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
December 24, 2020Notice of ViolationLocal
October 14, 2020Notice of ViolationLocal
December 11, 2018Notice of ViolationLocal

Stack tests

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 26, 2025PassLocal
June 11, 2024PassLocal
June 27, 2023PassLocal
June 8, 2022PassLocal
June 8, 2022PassLocal
June 7, 2022PassLocal
June 10, 2021PassLocal
August 4, 2020PassLocal
June 23, 2020FailLocal
March 13, 2019PassLocal
March 13, 2019PassLocal
March 13, 2019PassLocal
April 10, 2018FailLocal
March 23, 2017PassLocal

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.