# UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN - BALCONES RESEARCH CENTER
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36356`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0052
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $3K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN-BALCONES (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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