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LUSK, GORDON, M. AND DANNY E. LUSK (LIN-ELECTRIC)

Administrative - Formal · FY2016 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 3600398394

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-2016-0182
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WILL RESOLVE EPA'S CLAIM AGAINST THE LUSKS FOR PAST COSTS INCURRED AT THE SITE. UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THE LUSKS HAVE AGREED TO PAY EPA $21,358.00. THE LUSKS HAVE OWNED THE SITE SINCE 2006. FROM 1924 TO 2000, THE SITE WAS USED TO REBUILD ELECTRIC MOTORS AND TRANSFORMERS USED IN THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS TO REPAIR AND MANUFACTURE COILS FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS. THE MOTORS, TRANSFORMERS, AND COILS WERE CLEANED WITH TRICHLOROETHYLENE ( TCE ), AND POLY-CHLORINATED BIPHENYLS ( PCBs ) WERE PRESENT IN THE WASTE AS A RESULT OF THE CLEANING OPERATIONS, DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT CONTAINED PCB OIL.

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