CIVIL JUDICIAL ACTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND INJUNCTION ADDRESSED TO VIOLATIONS OF TSCA REGULATIONS AS TO DISPOSAL, USE, MARKING AND STORAGE OF PCB WASTE OIL. COMPANY RUNS WASTE OIL RECLAMATION OPERATION BASED AT A FACILITY W/ 17 LARGE BULK STORAGE TANKS AND AN UNAUTHORIZED BOILER, THE SITE BEING ADJACENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND EASILY AC- CESSIBLE TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. SINCE MARCH 1981 THE COMPANY HAS BEEN BURNING PCBS IN A BOILER NOT MEETING THE STANDARDS OF 40 CFR SEC. 761.60(A), CAUSING UNCONTROLLED DISCHARGES INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. IMPROPERLY BURNED PCBS COULD CONVERT INTO DIOXINS, ONE OF THE MOST HAZARDOUS CHEMIMCALS KNOWN. ILLINOIS EPA INSPECTORS CHECKED THE SITE IN NOV, 1981 AND APRIL, OCT, AND NOV. OF 1982, AND HAVE MONITORED THE SITE VISUALLY SINCE FLOODING CONDITIONS BECAME PREVALENT IN THE AREA. SPECIFIC CONCERN WAS VOICED OVER ONE OF THE TANKS WHICH HAS A PORTHOLE CLOSE TO THE LEVEL OF THE FLOOD WATERS.