# UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `939`
- **Case Number:** 01-1998-0132
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $250K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

LITIGATION REPORT PROPOSES A MULTI-MEDIA ENFORCEMENT       ACTION AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (URI-KINGSTON) A NOT-FOR-PROFIT STATE EDUCATIONAL ENTITY. THE PROPOSED      ACTION INVOLVES VIOLATIONS OF: SUBTITLE C OF RCRA; SECT 113  OF CAA; SECT 311 OF CWA FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE SPCC PLAN; AND TSCA.                                                          EPA IDENTIFIED MULTIPLE BASE PROGRAM VIOLATIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: FAILURE TO HAVE CONTINGENCY PLAN; FAIL-  URE TO INSPECT LESS THAN 90 DAY STORAGE AREAS; FAILURE TO    MAKE WASTE DETERMINATIONS; FAILURE TO MARK CONTAINERS AS     HAZARDOUS WASTE; OPERATING A TREATMENT STORAGE AND DISPOSAL  AREA WITHOUT A PERMIT, FAILURE TO SEPARATE INCOMPATIBLE      WASTES; AND FAILURE TO SAFELY PACKAGE LAB WASTES.              URI COMPLETELY FAILED TO IMPLEMENT AN SPCC PLAN.             URI INSTALLED AND OPERATED FOUR TEMPORARY BOILERS WITHOUT  FIRST APPLYING FOR AND OBTAINING THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION PERMIT REQUIRED BY FEDERALLY APPROVED AND FEDERALLY ENFORCABLE      PORTIONS OF RI AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REG #9.                   URI FAILED TO MARK PCB-CONTAMINATED TRANSFORMERS WITH THE  DATES THEY WERE PLACED IN STORAGE FOR DISPOSAL; FAILED TO    LABEL THE PCB STORAGE AREAA WITH A LARGE PCB MARK; FAILED TO DISPOSE OF PCB CONTAMINATED TRANSFORMERS WITHIN A YEAR AFTER BEING PLACED INTO STORAGE; STORED PCB CONTAMINATED TRANSFORM ERS ON-SITE FOR MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS WITHOUT HAVING AN EPA  ID NUMBER; ILLEGALLY STORED A TRANSFOR

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