EPA v. WEST PENN POWER CO D/B/A ALLEGHENY POWER

Case summary

On June 30, 2010 EPA Region III entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CA/FO) with West Penn Power Company d.b.a Allegheny Power (“Allegheny Power”), seeking a penalty for violations of Sections 15 and 16 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”). The CA/FO resolves claims arising from Allegheny’s failure to prepare a manifest for commercial offsite storage and disposal of PCB waste for an overpack container (containing a PCB-contaminated transformer) which it shipped to G&S Technologies in Kearney, New Jersey on March 20, 2009, in violation of Sections 6(e) and 15 of TSCA, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2605 and 2614.

Defendants (1)

• WEST PENN POWER CO D/B/A ALLEGHENY POWERNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• ALLEGHENY POWER CONNELLSVILLE WEST SIDE

  311 7TH ST, CONNELLSVILLE, PA, 15425

  Registry ID: 110011575697

• ALLEGHENY POWER CONNELLSVILLE WEST SIDE

  311 7TH ST, CONNELLSVILLE, PA, 15425

  Registry ID: 110011575697

Statutes cited

• TSCA 16A4 — Failure to Pay Civil Penalty

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WEST PENN POWER CO D/B/A ALLEGHENY POWERentered 2010-06-30

  Primary law: TSCA

  Federal penalty: $9,672

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2010-06-30Final Order Issued
• 2010-06-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2010-07-14Enforcement Action Data Entered