# BIRMINGHAM STEEL CORPORATION & BIRMINGHAM SOUTHEAST, L.L.C.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `22679`
- **Case Number:** 04-1998-0320
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $7K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BIRMINGHAM SOUTHEAST, L.L.C. (complaint) (settlement)
- BIRMINGHAM STEEL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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