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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN - BALCONES RESEARCH CENTER

Administrative - Formal · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 36356

$3K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1996-0052
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 16 OF THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT ( TSCA ), AS AMENDED, 15 U.S.C. SECTION 2615. 2. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN BALCONES RESEARCH CENTER 10100 BURNET ROAD AUSTIN, TEXAS 78759 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 15(1)(C) OF TSCA BY THREE COUNTS OF FAILING TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF PCBS, BY SELLING AT A PUBLIC AUCTION, LEAKING PCB CAPACITORS, THREE COUNTS OF FAILING TO PROVIDE PROPER STORAGE FOR A PCB-CONTAMINATED TRANSFORMER AND PCB CAPACITORS, AND BY STORING PCB CONTAINERS IN AN AREA THAT DID NOT HAVE A MINIMUM SIX INCH HIGH CURB. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 16 OF TSCA, EPA PRO- POSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $30,000.

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