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WAUSAU INSURANCE CO.

Administrative - Formal · FY1992 · — · — · 27921

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Case Number
05-1992-0040
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Multimedia
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Summary

RICHARD R. WAGNER WAS REASSIGNED THIS CASE FROM TOM MARTIN, AS OF 11/19/91. AT THAT TIME, AN AMENDED COMPLAINT WAS ON FILE IN EACH CASE, AS WELL AS AN AMENDED ANSWER. THESE CASES HAVE NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY CONSOLIDATED. GROUP EIGHT IS CHARGED WITH (I)FAILING TO DISPOSE OF PCB AND PCB-CONTAMINATED TRANSFORMERS WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THEIR PLACEMENT IN STORAGE FOR DISPOSAL, (II) STORING THOSE TRANSFORMERS IN A FACILITY LACKING A ROOF, WALLS, AND IMPERVIOUS FLOOR WITH 6 CONTINUOUS CURBING, (III) FAILURE TO DATE THOSE TRANSFORMERS AT THE TIME THEY WERE PLACED IN STORAGE FOR DISPOSAL, (IV) FAILING TO MARK A PCB TRANSFORMER WITH A PCB LABEL, (V) FAILURE TO MARK PCB STORAGE AREA WITH A PCB LABEL, AND (VI) FAILURE TO DISPOSE OF 442 GALLONS OF PCB FLUIDS IN A FACILITY COMPLING WITH THE PCB RULE. WAUSAU IS CHARGED WITH FAILING TO DISPOSE OF 442 GALLONS OF PCB FLUIDS IN A FACILITY COMPLING WITH THE PCB RULE. GROUP EIGHT WAS THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AND TRANSFORMERS. WASAU WAS ITS INSURANCE CARRIER, AND ARRANGED FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE TRANSFORMERS. DISPOSAL OCCURED AFTER A FIRE DESTROYED THE BUILDING.

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