# TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CORPORATION (TRANSCO)
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37270`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0440
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1.40M
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SUBTITLE C OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT     ( RCRA ), SECTION 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), AND    SECTION 16 OF THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT ( TSCA ).  2. TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CORPORATION (TRANSCO), S      SUBSIDIARY OF THE TRANSCO ENERGY COMPANY INC. IN HOUSTON,    TEXAS.                                                       FACILITIES: 532 SITES IN TEXAS, LOUISIANA, ALABAMA, GEOR-    GIA, MISSISSIPPI, VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY, NEW        YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND PENNSYLVANIA.   3. THIS REFERRAL INVOLVES SIGNIFICANT ILLEGAL DISPOSAL PRAC-    TICES BY THE RESPONDENT UNDER THREE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL      LAWS: THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT             ( RCRA ), THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), AND THE TOXICS        SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT ( TSCA ). IN ADDITION, THE RESPON-    DENT FAILED TO OBTAIN PROPER PERMITS UNDER TWO MAJOR EN-     VIRONMENTAL LAWS: CWA AND RCRA. SPECIFICALLY, THE RESPON-    DENT ROUTINELY DISPOSED OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND OTHER         WASTE MATERIALS IN UNLINED DISPOSAL PITS AND ONSITE IN       SURFACE SOILS AT COMPRESSOR STATIONS AND METER STATIONS      BETWEEN 1980 AND 1987. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO OBTAIN       PERMITS TO OPERATE THESE PITS OR OTHER WASTE DISPOSAL        AREAS IN VIOLATION OF RCRA. TRANSCO ALSO ROUTINELY DIS-      CHARGED POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. WITHOUT A PERMIT    IN VIOLATION OF THE CWA. FINALLY, THE RESPONDENT DISPOSED    OF PCBS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT IN V

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