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WAYSIDE TEMPLE CHURCH, IN THE MATTER OF

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 30832

$16K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$10K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1998-0180
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

RESPONDENTS IMPROPERLY DISPOSED OF PCBS (POLYCHLORINATED- BIPHENYLS), AND INPROPERLY STORED, FAILED TO DATE, AND FAILED TO MARK PDB ARTICLES, ITEMS, AND STORAGE AREA. THE WAYSIDE TEMPLE CHURCH AND SHELBY GILLAM, ITS PASTOR, OWN AND OR OPERATE A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY (6815 PARKER ROAD, CASTALIA, OHIO) AND A GARAGE/STORAGE BUILDING/RADIO STATION (3809 MAPLE AVENUE, CASTALIA, OHIO). INSPECTION OF AND INVESTIGATION AT THE FACILITIES REVEALED THAT MR. GILLAM HAD DRAINED PCBS FROM TWO FILTER REACTORS INTO AN EXCAVATED PIT LOCATED AT THE 6815 PARKER ROAD FACILITY AND THAT THE CHURCH HAD THE TWO FILTER REACTORS, THREE LARGE CAPACITORS, AND OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PREVIOUSLY REMOVED FROM SERVICE AT THE CHURCH'S RADIO STATION, BUT HAD FAILED TO PROPERLY STORE THE ARTICLES/ITEMS; FAILED TO DATE THE ARTICLES WHEN STORED; FAILED TO LABEL THE CAPAVOYPTD, AS WELL AS THE STORAGE AREA WHERE THESE WERE STORED. THE TWO FILTER REACTORS AND THREE LARGE CAPACITORS WERE NAME-PLATED AS CONTAINING PCBS IN CONCENTRATIONS GREATER THAN 500 PPM. THE RESULTING COMPLAINT THUS ALLEGED SIX VIOLATIONS OF THE PCB RULE (40 C.F.R. PART 761) AND SECTION 15(1) OF TSCA, 15 (1) OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2614 (1):(1) IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF PCB AT THE 6815 PARKER ROAD FACILITY; (2) FAILURE TO DISPOSE OF PCB ARTICLES WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF FIRST PLACEMENT IN STORAGE; (3) FAILURE TO STORE PCB ITEMS IN A PROPER STORAGE FACILITY; (4) FA

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