EPA v. SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY

Case summary

SEE ALSO PREVIOUS MATTER NUMBER 04-97-0189. (ARCHIVED) COMPLAINT ALLEGES: COUNT I RESPONDENT FAILED TO MARK DRUMS. IN VIOLATION OF TSCA 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.40(A) (1). COUNT II RESPONDENT FAILED TO REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF THE DRUMS WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THEIR PLACEMENT IN STORAGE. IN VIOLATION OF TSCA 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.65(A) AND SECTION 15(1) OF TSCA. COUNT III RESPONDENT DID NOT DATE THE DRUMS WHEN THEY WERE PLACED IN STORAGE AT THE IRF. IN VIOLATION OF TSCA 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.65(C)(8) AND SECTION SECTION 15(1) OF TSCA. COUNT IV RESPONDENT STORED DRUMS AT THE IRF THAT DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.65(B). IN VIOLATION OF TSCA 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.65(B) AND SECTION 15(1) OF TSCA. COUNT V RESPONDENT FAILED TO CHECK THE DRUMS FOR LEAKS. IN VIOLATION OF TSCA 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.65(C) AND SECTION 15(1) OF TSCA. COUNT VI RESPONDENT INCINERATED FLUID AT URQUHART STATION. IN VIOLATION OF TSCA 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.60(A)(2) AND SECTION 15(1) OF TSCA. AMENDED COMPLAINT FILED 10/22/97, COMPLAINT AMENDED TO ADD COUNTS VII-XIII, PROPOSED PENALTY IS $24,450. CACO ISSUED 12/5/97 ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $24,450. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.

Defendants (1)

• SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SCE&G INVESTMENT RECOVERY

  11 POE ST, COLUMBIA, SC, 29201

  Registry ID: 110002191119

Statutes cited

• TSCA 15 — Prohibited Acts

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANYentered 1997-12-05

  Primary law: TSCA

  Federal penalty: $24,450

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1997-10-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1997-10-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-12-05Final Order Issued
• 1998-03-17Enforcement Action Closed