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NORTRAN (NW TRANSFORMER SVC)

Judicial · FY1983 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery · 53977

Penalty
$11K
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
10-1983-0006
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-7-1-245
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (5)

Summary

A SMALL CORPORATION CONTRACTED WITH SEVERAL PCB GENERATOR/ SHIPPERS TO DISPOSE OF TRANSFORMERS CONTAINING PCBS AND PCB CAPACITORS. IN THE COURSE OF FAILING FINANCIALLY, ABOUT 13 BARRELS OF PCB TRANSFORMER FLUSHINGS AND 40 SOME PCB CAPA- CITORS WERE TEMPORARILY STORED AT THE HOME OF ONE CORPORATE OFFICER ALONG WITH A TRANSFORMER CASING. EPA BELIEVING IT KNEW THE ORIGIN OF THE FLUSHINGS AND CAPACITORS, DEMANDED THEIR REMOVAL BECAUSE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF PCB RE- LEASE. PUTATIVE SHIPPERS DECLINED, EPA RESPONDED WITH 104 IMMEDIATE REMOVAL. THEREAFTER, PUTATIVE OWNERS CLAIMED THE BARRELLED FLUSHINGS AND BARRELLED CAPACITORS, AND PAID FOR TERMINAL DISPOSAL. EPA SUES FOR REMOVAL COSTS AND EXPENSES.

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Authoritative
EPA ECHO
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