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CLEAN HARBORS OF BRAINTREE

Administrative - Formal · FY2006 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 600011149

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Case

Case Number
01-2006-7204
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLAGED THE PCB MANIFESTING REQUIREMENTS AT 40 CFR 761.20(a) WHEN IT FAILED TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PROPERLY IDENTIFY A WASTE AS CONTAINING PCBs. THE ALLEGED MANIFESTING VIOLATION AROSE FROM AN OCTOBER 2005 INCIDENT MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY CALLED UPON CLEAN HARBORS TO HELP CLEAN OUT A FLOODED TRANSFORMER VAULT IN MALDEN, MA. A TRANSFORMER IN THE VAULT HAD FAILED, RELEASING PCB-CONTAMINATED OIL. THE WASTE WAS TRANSPORTED TO RESPONDENT'S FACILITY WHERE IT WAS CONSOLIDATED AND SHIPPED OUT AS A NON-PCB WASTE. THE COMPLAINT ALSO ALLEGES THAT BRAINTREE, MA FACILITY, WAS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 761.20(a) AND 761.30(p). BRAINTREE MA FACILITY WAS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR.761)a) AND 761.30(p).

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