# TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34361`
- **Case Number:** 06-1988-0117
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $375K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DATA SHEET:                                                  *                                                            THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT, 42 USC 2601 ET SEQ AND     REGULATIONS GOVERNING STORAGE, DISPOSAL, AND RECORDKEEPING   CONCERNING PCBS AT 40 CFR 761.                               *                                                            VIOLATIONS:                                                  TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE COMPANY VIOLATED THE STORAGE AND DIS-  POSAL PROVISIONS OF 40 CFR 761 BY HAVING PCBS IN CONCENTRA-  TIONS IN EXCESS OF 50 PPM IN THE SOIL AT ITS PIPELINE COM-   PRESSOR STATIONS.  TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE CO. VIOLATED THE    RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS OF 40 CFR 761 BY FAILING TO       DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN BASIC RECORDS AND TO PREPARE AND MAIN-  TAIN ANNUAL DOCUMENTS ON THE USE, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL OF   PCBS AT ITS FACILITIES.                                      *                                                            PROPOSED RELIEF:                                             EPA SEEKS INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO COMPEL TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE  COMPANY TO REMOVE PCB CONTAMINATION AT COMPRESSOR STATIONS   AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES IN A MANNER AND TO A LEVEL OF DECON TAMINATION APPROVED BY EPA, AND TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN      BASIC RECORDS AND ANNUAL DOCUMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE    PROVISIONS OF 40 CFR 761.                                    *                                                            RECENT CONTACTS W/DEFENDANTS:       

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