# TIMPSON ELECTRIC UTILITY, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36874`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0042
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TIMPSON ELECTRIC UTILITY, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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