9/12/2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $14,400. PENALTY TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT, AS THE OWNER OF THE WESTINGHOUSE PCB TRANSFORMER LOCATED OUTSIDE OF WISE HALL, FAILED TO REGISTER IT WITH THE EPA IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 76 I .30(A)( I )(VIXA) AND SECTION 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2614. IN ADDITION, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT FAILED TO:
- LABEL THE WESTINGHOUSE PCB TRANSFONNER IDENTIFIED ABOVE, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 76 L.40(A) AND SECTION 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2614.
- CONDUCT VISUAL INSPECTIONS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS OR MAINTAIN AND PROVIDE TO THE TDEC INSPECTOR OR TO THE EPA RECORDS OF ANY OF THESE VISUAL INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED FOR THE WESTINGHOUSE PCB TRANSFONNER IDENTIFIED ABOVE, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 761.30(A)(L)(IX), 761.30(A)(L)(XII), AND SECTION 15 OFTSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2614.
- MAINTAIN AND TO PROVIDE TO THE TDEC INSPECTOR OR TO THE EPA WRITTEN ANNUAL DOCUMENT LOGS OF THE DISPOSITION OF PCB AND PCB ITEMS IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 761.IS0(A) AND SECTION 15 OFTSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2614.
- MAINTAIN STORAGE FOR REUSE RECORDS FOR PCB ARTICLES FOR 2019, 2020 AND 2021, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 761.35(A)(2).
- MAINTAIN THE ANNUAL RECORDS AND ANNUAL DOCUMENT LOG FOR THE DISPOSITION OF PCB AND PCB ITEMS FOR 2019 AND 2020, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 761.180(A).