# ALCOA/TECHNICAL SERVICES
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25160`
- **Case Number:** 05-1982-0044
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA (complaint) (settlement)
- TECHNICAL SERVICE INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:                                             THE ALUMINUM CO OF AMERICA(ALCOA) IS AN INTEGRATED      ALUMINUM PRODUCTION OPERATION. IN THE SUMMER OF 1980,        ALCOA SOLD IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION GALLONS OF OIL TO A      RECYCLER, TECHNICAL SERVICES CO, INC OF ATKINSON, IL.        ALCOA ASSURED TECHNICAL SERVICES THAT THE OIL CONTAINED      LESS THAN 50 PPM OF PCBS. TESTS DONE ON THE OIL, HOWEVER,    SHOW THE OIL TO CONTAIN BETWEEN 50 & 500 PPM OF PCBS. THE    OIL IS CURRENTLY BEING STORED IN AN UNLINED LAGOON AT THE    TECHNICAL SERVICES FACILITY. A MOTION FOR A PRELIM INJUN-    CTION, IS BEING BROUGHT AGAINST ALCOA FOR VIOL'S OF SEC      6(E)(2) & 15(1) OF THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT(TSCA)    , 15 USC SEC 2605(E)(2) & 2614(1), & THE REGULATIONS THAT    DETAIL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS, 40 CFR PART 761. THERE    IS CURRENTLY AN IL STATE COURT ACTION CONCERNING THIS        ISSUE, BUT THE VERY GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE STATE STATUTE    RAISES CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW THE STATE COURT    JUDGE MIGHT RULE ON THE AMOUNT OF CLEAN-UP REQUESTED.          CAUSE OF ACTION:                                                THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST ALCOA FOR VIOL'S OF      SEC 6(E)(2) & 15(1) OF TSCA. THIS ACTION IS BASED UPON       THE TRANSPORT OF OIL CONTAINING OVER 50 PPM OF PCBS FROM     ALCOA FACLITIES IN BETTENDORF, DAVENPORT & RIVERDALE, IA     TO A RECYCLER, TECHNICAL SERVICES CO, INC, OF ATKINSON,      IL. THE SUIT SEEKS MANDATORY INJUNCTIV

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