# NORTHEAST ILLINOIS RAILROAD CORP. (METRA)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29258`
- **Case Number:** 05-1995-0258
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $7K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NORTHEAST ILLINOIS RAILROAD CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON JUNE 14, 1995, U.S. EPA'S ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DIVISION ISSUED AN                                                    ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST METRA ALLEGING VIOLATIONS   OF TSCA AND                                                  THE TSCA PCB RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TWO PCB TRANSFORMERS.  MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT METRA                                                        FAILED TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AND ANNUAL DOCUMENTS  ON THE                                                       DISPOSITION OF PCBS AND PCB ITEMS, AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN    RECORDS OF                                                   INSPECTIONS.  THE TOTAL PENALTY ASSESSED IN THE COMPLAINT    WAS $46,000.                                                 BASED UPON INFORMATION SUBMITTED DURING SETTLEMENT, U.S. EPA AND METRA                                                    AGREED THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR U.S. EPA TO WITHDRAW AND  DISMISS WITH                                                 PREJUDICE COUNT V OF THE COMPLAINT, RELATING TO METRA'S      ALLEGED FAILURE                                              TO MAINTAIN AND HAVE AVAILABLE RECORDS REGARDING PCB         TRANSFORMER                                                  INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE HISTORY, BECAUSE METRA FORMAT     PREFERRED BY                                                 U.S. EPA). BASED UPON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE COURSE OF                           

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