EPA v. NHB INDUSTRIES, INC.

Case summary

COMPLAINT FILED 9/25/98 PROPOSING A PENALTY OF $25,000. COMPLAINT ALLEGES: COUNT I RESPONDENT HAD SIXTEEN (16) LARGE-LOW VOLTAGE PCB CAPACITORS IN THE BUILDING DESIGNATED BY THE INSPECTOR AS BUILDING TWO, WHICH HAD A WOODEN FLOOR THAT DID NOT MEET THE USE REQUIREMENTS. IN VIOLATION OF TSCA 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.30 (1) (1) (II). COUNT II RESPONDENT HAD TWENTY-ONE (21) LARGE-LOW VOLTAGE PCB CAPACITORS LOCATED IN THE BUILDING DESIGNEDATED BY THE INSPECTOR AS BUILDING THREE, WHICH HAD A WOODEN FLOOR THAT DID NOT MEET THE USE REQUIREMENTS. IN VIOLATION OF TSCA 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.30 (1) (1) (II). COUNT III RESPONDENT HAD EIGHT (8) LARGE-LOW VOLTAGE PCB CAPACITORS LOCATED IN THE BUILDING DESIGNATED BY THE INSPECTOR AS BUILDING FOUR, WHICH HAD A WOODEN FLOOR THAT DID NOT MEET THE USE REQUIREMENTS. IN VIOLATION OF TSCA 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.30 (1) (1) (II). COUNT IV RESPONDENT HAD EIGHTY (80) LARGE-LOW VOLTAGE PCB CAPACITORS LOCATED IN THE BUILDING DESIGNATED BY THE INSPECTOR AS BUILDING SIX, WHICH HAD A WOODEN FLOOR THAT DID NOT MEET THE USE REQUIREMENTS. IN VIOLATION OF TSCA 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.30 (1) (1) (II). COUNT V RESPONDENT HAD SIX (6) LARGE-LOW VOLTAGE PCB CAPACITORS LOCATED IN THE BUILDING DESIGNATED BY THE INSPECTOR AS BUILDING EIGHT, WHICH HAD A WOODEN FLOOR THAT DID NOT MEET THE USE REQUIREMENTS. IN VIOLATION OF TSCA 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.30 (1) (1) (II). CACO ISSUED 10/30/98 ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $20,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENTS OF $5,000. THE LAST PAYMENT DUE BY 4/99.

Defendants (1)

• NHB INDUSTRIES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• NHB INDUSTRIES INC

  101 EAST PARKWAY, TALLADEGA, AL, 35160

  Registry ID: 110003387004

Statutes cited

• TSCA 15 — Prohibited Acts

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NHB INDUSTRIES, INC.entered 1998-10-30

  Primary law: TSCA

  Federal penalty: $20,000

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1998-09-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-09-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-10-30Final Order Issued