THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT, ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF THE PCB REGULATIONS UNDER TSCA WAS ISSUED AS A DECA LEAD CASE ON NOV. 27, 1998. THIS COMPLAINT WAS BASED ON AN INSPECTION CONDUCTED AT THE HQ OFFICE IN EPAST ORANGE, NJ, ON JAN. 26, 1998. BELL ATLANTIC SHIPPED LEAD BASED PAINT CHIPS FROM A BUILDING IN TRENTON, NJ. TO A NON PCB DISPOSER, WHO DISCOVERED THE WASTE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH 2,000 5,000 PPM PCBS. THE PROPOSED PENALTY FOR THIS COMPLAINT WAS AGGRAVATED 50% DUE TO A HISTORY OF PAST VIOLATION. THERE WAS A PCB CASE DOCKET # PCB 94-0112, WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THAT CLOSED ON OCT. 20, 1994. THE TOTAL PROPOSED PENALTY FOR THIS COMPLAINT WAS $13,200. A SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED WITH DECA STAFF FOR JAN. 14, 1999.