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TIMPSON ELECTRIC UTILITY, CITY OF

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 36874

$2K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1997-0042
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 ), 15 U.S.C. SECTION 2615. 2. CITY OF TIMPSON ELECTRIC UTILITY TIMPSON, SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 15(1)(C) OF TSCA BY 1) FAILING TO REGISTER ASSUMED PCB TRANSFORMERS WITH FIRE RESPONSE PERSONNEL, 2) FAILING TO MAINTAIN RECORDS OF INSPECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR ASSUMED PCB TRANSFORM- ERS, 3) FAILING TO MARK ASSUMED PCB TRANSFORMERS WITH ML MARK, 4) FAILING TO MARK PCB STORAGE AREA WITH ML MARK, 5) IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF PCBS, 6) FAILING TO REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF PCBS AND PCB ITEMS WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE WHEN FIRST PLACED INTO STORAGE, 7) INADEQUATE PCB STORAGE FACILITY, 8) FAILING TO TRANSFER LEAKING PCB ART- ICLES IN STORAGE FOR DISPOSAL INTO NON-LEAKING CONTAIN- ERS, 9-12) FAILING TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN AN ANNUAL DOC- UMENT LOG FOR CALENDAR YEARS 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992 AND 1991, 13) AND FAILING TO NOTIFY EPA OF PCB WASTE ACTIVI- TY. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 16 OF TSCA, EPA PRO- POSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $38,500.

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