← EPA enforcement cases

HOOVER GROUP, INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY2008 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 1000005244

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-2008-2500
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (3)

Summary

6/5/08 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $117,831.00, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ON AUGUST 16, 2006, AL DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MGMT (ADEM) CONDUCTED A PCB COMPLIANCE INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT HOOVER INVESTMENT'S FACILITY. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, THE FACILITY WAS INACTIVE AND UNOCCUPIED. THE INSPECTORS OBSERVED 55-GALLON PCB DRUMS CONTAINING A TOTAL OF APPROX 290 GALLONS OF TRANSFORMER OIL WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF PCBs, AND ONE 55-GALLON DRUM CONTAINING PCB-CONTAMINATED DRBRIS, IMPROPERLY STORED IN A WAREHOUSE. THE INSPECTORS ALSO OBSERVED ALSO OBSERVED AN OUT-OF SERVICE PCB TRANSFORMER STORED IN THE WAREHOUSE THAT HAD LEAKED PCB OIL ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR, AND OBSERVED A SECOND DECOMMISSIONED PCB TRANSFORMER STORED OUTSIDE OF THE WAREHOUSE. THE AREAS WHERE THE TRANSFORMERS AND DRUMS WERE BEING STORED DID NOT HAVE LABELS AND PCB MARKINGS, AND WERE NOT PROTECTED WITH ADEQUATE CURBING, AS REQUIRED BY THE PCB REGULATIONS.

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown