UNDER 40 C.F.R. 761.61(A)(3), WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE U.S. EPA REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR SHALL BE PROVIDED 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE INITIATION OF PCB CLEANUP ACTIVITIES BY THE OWNER OF ANY PCB REMEDIATION WASTE SITE, OR THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE CLEANUP. ON MAY 9, 2000, HALLIBURTON COMMENCED PCB SOIL REMOVAL ACTIVITIES WITHOUT HAVING FIRST NOTIFIED THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR OF U.S. EPA, REGION V. THUS, HALLIBURTON VIOLATED 40 C.F.R. 761.61(A)(3) AND SECTION 15(1) OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 264(1). U.S. EPA SEEKS A $17,000 PENALTY.