# REIER'S SCRAPYARD
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1993 · — · EPA Did Not Pursue
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28592`
- **Case Number:** 05-1993-1453
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** EPA Did Not Pursue
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
## Summary

JAMES REIER OPERATES AN ANCILLARY BUSINESS IN WHICH HE       SCRAPS TRANSFORMER CARCASSES PROVIDED TO HIM BY SAM HEILDER.  DURING AN INSPECTION ON NOVEMBER 4, 1991, OHIO EPA OFFICERS FOUND ONE PCB-CONTAMINATED TRANSFORMER IMPROPERLY STORED IN  AN OPEN SPACE, WITHOUT ANY KIND OF COVER OR FLOORING TO      PREVENT SEEPAGE OF FLUIDS INTO THE SOIL.  OTHER TRANSFORMER  CARCASSES ON-SITE AND AN OIL SPILL PROVED NOT TO BE          PCB-CONTAMINATED.                                            THIS ACTION WAS BROUGHT ON THE BASIS OF FAILURE TO PROPERLY  STORE THE PCB-CONTAMINATED TRANSFORMEER IN A SECURE DIKED    AREA, FAILURE TO PLACE A LABEL ON THE TRANSFORMER WITH THE   DATE THAT IT WAS PLACED INTO STORAGE, AND FAILURE TO MARK    THE AREA AS CONTAINING PCB-CONTAMINATED MATERIALS.

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