# HYMAN FRIEDMAN (KIMRO)
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25272`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0028
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AAA FUEL OIL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- HYMAN FRIEDMAN (complaint) (settlement)
- KIMRO INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ZENITH OIL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE                                                  THE DEFENDANT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF SIMILAR  OPERATIONS TO BUY PCB-CONTAMINATED OIL, BLEND THE OIL WITH   PURE FUEL OIL, AND RESELL TO UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMERS.  ON     FEBRUARY 28, 1984, THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY    SAMPLED TRUCKS OWNED BY KIMRO, WHICH SHOWED PCB CONTAMINA-   TION AS HIGH AS 3300 PARTS PER MILLION.  FRIEDMAN CONTIN-    UES TO SELL OIL TO A NUMBER OF PARTIES, INCLUDING CAMP       RIPLEY AND THE BECKER SCHOOL DISTRICT.  WHEN INCINERATED     IMPROPERLY, PCB'S WILL RESULT IN THE PRODUCTION OF DIOXIN    AS ITS BYPRODUCT, AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL GROUP      WHICH CAN VAPORIZE INTO THE AIR.  FRIEDMAN, DOING BUSINESS   AS KIMRO, INC., CONTINUES TO BLEND PCB-CONTAMINATED OIL      WITH PURE OIL AND TO SELL IT AS FUEL OIL.                         THE SITUATION IS URGENT BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDOUS NA-    TURE OF THE SUBSTANCE INVOLVED, AND THE FACT THAT THE CON-   CENTRATION OF PCB'S COULD BE VERY HIGH IN THE WASTE OIL      WHICH FRIEDMAN IS OBTAINING.                                      THE OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL FIRST LEARNED OF THIS    ACTIVITY ON MARCH 28, 1984, AND SINCE THAT TIME, HAS MOVED E XPEDITIOUSLY TO INVESTIGATE AND HALT ANY VIOLATIONS OF TSCA. A NUMBER OF SAMPLES OF OIL HAVE SINCE BEEN TAKEN BY THE U.S. EPA FOR WHICH ANALYSES ARE NOT YET COMPLETE.                      ON MARCH 26, 1984, DR. SHELDON SIMON TELEPHONED FRIEDMA N AND INFORMED HIM OF THE TSCA VIOLATI

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