THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT, ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF THE PCB REGULATIONS UNDER TSCA, WAS ISSUED AS A DECA LEAD CASE ON DECEMBER 30, 1997. THIS COMPLAINT WAS BASED ON A MULTI-MEDIA INSPECTION CONDUCTED AT THE FORMER INMONT LABOR- ATORY SITE IN HAWTHORNE, NJ, ON AUGUST 18, 1997. BASF FAILED TO MARK CONTAINERS OF PCB CONTAMINATED SOIL WITH THE PCB MARK M(L), IMPROPERLY STORED THE PCB CONTAMINATED SOIL FOR DISPOSAL, FAILED TO NOTIFY EPA OF PCB ACTIVITIES, AND, IN THE PROCESS OF SENDING THE PCB CONTAMINATED SOIL FOR DISPOSAL TO A PERMITTED DISPOSER, THEY FAILED TO PROVIDE THE OUT-OF-SERVICE DATE AND WEIGHT OF THE WASTE IN KILOGRAMS ON THE MANIFESTS. THE TOTAL PROPOSED PENALTY FOR THIS COMPLAINT IS $73,700.