SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported):
January 16, 1996
PACIFICORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
State of Oregon 1-5152 93-0246090
(State of Incorporation) (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
File No.) Identification No.)
700 N.E. Multnomah, Suite 1600, Portland, Oregon 97232-4116
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(503) 731-2000
No Change
(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. OTHER EVENTS
In late December 1995, PacifiCorp (the "Company") received a Notice of Viola-
tion and Order ("NOV") from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
("DEQ") alleging that the Company has failed to maintain pollution control
equipment at Unit 4 of its Jim Bridger Power Plant in a manner consistent with
good air pollution control practices and alleging violations of the 30 percent
opacity limitation in the air quality permit issued for that Unit. The NOV
states that emission reports showed a 1994 average compliance rate of 81.1 per-
cent and a year-to-date compliance rate through the third quarter of 1995 of
84.6 percent. The NOV does not specify the number of alleged violations. The
NOV orders the Company to identify and perform any maintenance on Unit 4
required to bring emissions within the allowable opacity standard, to perform
certain stack tests to verify compliance with particulate emission limitations
and to submit a plan for the maintenance and stack testing to DEQ for prior
approval.
Wyoming law provides for civil penalties for violations of environmental laws
not to exceed $10,000 for each violation for each day during which violation
continues, as well as temporary or permanent injunctions. In assessing a civil
penalty, DEQ typically takes into account a variety of factors, including the
economic benefit of the noncompliance, the size of the violator, the willfulness
or negligence of the violations, and the degree of cooperation exhibited by the
violator in resolving the matter. DEQ has not assessed a proposed civil penalty
against the Company or requested relief other than as ordered in the NOV.
The Company has requested a hearing on the NOV before the Wyoming Environmental
Quality Council. The date of the hearing has been indefinitely stayed pending
discussions with DEQ regarding a compliance plan to resolve the NOV. At this
time, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of the discussions, or of a
hearing should the discussions fail to resolve the NOV, or the amount of civil
penalties, if any, that the Company may ultimately be required to pay. However,
the Company believes that resolution of the NOV will not have a materially
adverse effect on the Company's financial position or results of operation.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
PACIFICORP
(Registrant)
By:
Richard T. O'Brien
Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
Date: January 16, 1996
