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POLLUTION CONTROL INDUSTRIES OF AMERICA

Administrative - Formal · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 27947

$37K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1992-0067
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

PCIA WAS INSPECTED BY U.S. EPA ON SEPT. 28, 1987. U.S. EPA FOUND A TANKER TRUCK WITH ABOUT 5850 GALLONS OF PCB'S AT CONCENTRATIONS GREATER THAN 500 PPM, A BULK STORAGE TANK WITH ABOUT 10,000 GALLONS OF PCB'S AT CONCENTRATIONS GREATER THAN 50PPM. PCIA SHIPPED ABOUT 5400 GALLONS OF WASTE OIL WHICH CONTAINED PCB'S AT CONCENTRATIONS GREATER THAN 50 PPM. PCIA SHIPPED ABOUT 5400 GALLONS OF WASTE OIL WHICH CONTAINED PCB'S AT A CONCENTRATION OF 2558 PPM ON OR ABOUT JULY 28, 1987 TO MWL. PCIA ALSO SHIPPED ABOUT 5850 GALLONS OF WASTE OIL WHICH CONTAINED PCB'S AT A CONCENTRATION OF 41,000 PPM TO LONE STAR. PCIA FAILED TO MARK THE BULK STORAGE TANK MENTIONED ABOVE. PCIA FAILED TO DATE THE STORAGE TANK WITH THE DATES THAT BATCHES WERE ADDED TO IT AND THE QUANTITY OF THE BATCHES. THE PROPOSED PENALTY IS $70,000. THE PRESIDENT OF PCIA HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO CRIMINAL COUNTS FOR LYING TO THE GOVERNMENT. HE ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF VIOLATIONS IN REGION VIII.

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