# CYTEC INDUSTRIES
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29787`
- **Case Number:** 05-1996-0344
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CYTEC INDUSTRIES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE PCB UNIT INCLUDES A PCB HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM IN USE      SINCE AT LEAST                                               THE 1960'S.  THE UNIT HAD A CAPACITY OF 150 GALLONS.  PCBS   WERE                                                         DETERMINED TO BE PRESENT IN SAMPLES AT A LEVEL OF 31,000 PPM AFTER                                                        ANALYSIS CONDUCTED FOR THE COMPANY IN 1995. THE SAMPLING AND LABORATORY                                                   ANALYSIS WAS DONE AFTER THE EQUIPMENT'S USE WAS DISCONTINUED IN JANUARY                                                   1995.  THE FACILITY EMPLOYEES ABOUT 100 PEOPLE, BUT THE      COMPANY HAS                                                  ABOUT 40 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE.  AN INSPECTION WAS HELD ON    OCTOBER 10,                                                  1995 AFTER THE STATE RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THE COMPANY THAT IT WAS                                                       DISPOSING OF PCB EQUIPMENT.  INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE  COMPANY HAS                                                  FAILED TO REPORT OR KEEP RECORDS RELATED TO THE PCB HEAT     TRANSFER                                                     SYSTEM.  A PCB SPILL FROM THE SYSTEM ALSO OCCURRED BASED ON  SAMPLING OF                                                  THE FLOOR ADJACENT TO THE SYSTEM.

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