# A & C SALVAGE_(NILES WORTHEN)
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Litigated With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `47747`
- **Case Number:** 08-1985-0011
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NILES EARLIN WORTHEN (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS ACTION AROSE AS A RESULT OF AN INSPECTION OF A & C   SALVAGE, OWNED BY MR. NILES WORTHEN, ON FEBRUARY 13, 1984.   AN EPA REGION VIII INSPECTOR FOUND A NUMBER OF TRANSFORMERS  AND OIL DRUMS CONTAINING POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB'S)   ON THE PREMISES.  A NUMBER OF PROBABLE MARKING AND DISPOSAL  VIOLATIONS WERE NOTED.                                          A COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING WERE    FILED AGAINST MR. WORTHEN BY THE AIR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT    DIVISION OF EPA, MICHAEL T. RISNER, ATTORNEY, ON APRIL 9,    1984.  THE COMPLAINT ALLEGED FIVE (5) COUNTS OF VIOLATIONS   OF EPA REGULATIONS REGARDING PCB'S, 40 C.F.R. PART 761 AND   SECTION 15 OF THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT(TSCA), 15     U.S.C. 2614.  PENALTIES ASSESSED TOTALED $8,500.                DURING PREHEARING AND SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS, WORTHEN    DISPOSED OF THE PCB TRANSFORMERS AND OIL, INCURRING COSTS OF $2,608.85.  THE CASE SETTLED PRIOR TO HEARING, FOR A TOTAL   CIVIL PENALTY FO $2,400, TO BE PAID IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS  OF $200 COMMENCING NOVEMBER 1, 1984.  INTEREST ACCRUING TO   DATE TOTALS $108.  TO DATE, NO PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.  NUMEROUS PAYMENT REQUESTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO MR. WORTHEN'S    ATTORNEY IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID FURTHER PROCEEDINGS BUT TO   NO AVAIL.

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