# CLEAN HARBORS OF BRAINTREE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2006 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `600011149`
- **Case Number:** 01-2006-7204
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- CLEAN HARBORS OF BRAINTREE (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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