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LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA, INC

Administrative - Formal · FY2011 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 2600002977

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-2011-0005
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

On March 1, 2011, Region 3 filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) simultaneously commencing and concluding an administrative action to resolve PCB rule violations at Lafarge North America, Inc.s (Lafarge) cement plant in Whitehall, Pa. The CAFO assesses a penalty for its violations of the PCB regulations. Specifically, Respondent stored combustible materials within 5 meters of PCB Transformers at 2 locations within the plant in violation of 40 C.F.R. § 761.30(a)(1)(viii). In addition, Respondent’s annual document logs for 2005-2008 contained inaccurate statements regarding the quantities of PCBs in use and were not prepared on a calendar year basis as required by 40 C.F.R. 761.180(a). At the time of EPA’s inspection of the cement plant, Respondent was using 3 PCB transformers containing 6,098 kilograms of PCB dielectric fluid.

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