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GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 314

$8K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
01-1995-0008
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

0-Z GEDNEY SIGNAL FACILITY, A DIVISION OF GENERAL SIGNAL CORP., PRODUCES MALLEABLE IRON AND DIE CAST FITTINGS FOR ELECTRICAL WORK. THE COMPANY VIOLATED TSCA 6(E) 40 CFR SECTIONS 761.40(J), 761.125(C), 761.60(D) AND 761.60(A) BY FAILING TO MARK (LABEL) THE ACCESS AREA TO PCB TRANSFORMERS AND FAILING TO CLEAN UP A SMALL LEAK OF PCBS FROM ONE OF THESE TRANSFORMERS WITHIN 48 HOURS. THE COMPANY'S RECORD- KEEPING REGARDING THIS SPILL ALSO DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE REGS. THE PROPOSED PENALTY IS $18,000. THE INSPECTION WAS 11/29/93. THERE ARE NO CURRENT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS IN ANY MEDIA AGAINST THIS COMPANY IN REGIONS I OR II. PREVIOUS HISTORY: IN 1989 REGION II ISSUED A PCB CASE AGAINST THE COMPANY'S AFFILIATE, NY AIR BRAT CO, THAT WAS CLOSED IN 1990. REGION I ISSUED AN NON, 6/18/91, FOR A TSCA PCB PROBLEM. ORC OFFERING AN EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT.

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