EPA v. BELL ATLANTIC - NEW JERSEY INC

Case summary

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.

Defendants (1)

• PHINIZY, C.Named in complaint

Facilities (1)

• NJ BELL TELEPHONE CO

  650 PARK AVE ROMM 101C, EAST ORANGE, NJ, 07017

  Registry ID: 110004180029

Statutes cited

• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1998-11-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-01-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-02-19Enforcement Action Closed