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BIRMINGHAM STEEL CORPORATION & BIRMINGHAM SOUTHEAST, L.L.C.

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 22679

$7K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$0
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-1998-0320
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

COMPLAINT FILED 6/23/98 PROPOSING A PENALTY OF $27,500. COMPLAINT ALLEGES: RESPONDENTS IMPORTED FIFTY (50) DRAINED TRANSFORMERS THAT CONTAINED RESIDUAL AMOUNTS OF OIL THAT CONTAINED CONCENTRATIONS OF PCBS RANGING FROM 4 PARTS PER MILLION (PPM) TO 442 (PPM). RESPONDENTS IMPORTED TEN LARGE CAPACITORS. PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.3, THE LARGE CAPACITORS ARE PCB-CONTAMINATED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. IMPORT MEANS TO MANUFACTURE. TSCA SECTION 6(E) (3) (A) (I), 15 U.S.C. PROHIBITS THE MANUFACTURE OF PCBS TWO YEARS AFTER JANUARY 1, 1977. CACO ISSUED 6/23/98 ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $6,875. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.

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