EPA v. STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES/REAL ESTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT DIVISION (STREAM)

Case summary

3/14/2019 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $13,819. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RESPONDENT, AS A GENERATOR OF PCB WASTE WHO MANAGED THE DEMOLITION, RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT THE SCHOOL, WAS REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT ITS CONTRACTORS, MERIT AND RETENBACH, DID NOT ALLOW THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBCONTRACTORS, BASS SERVICES AND ELG, TO REMOVE AND TRANSPORT PCB TRANSFORMERS AT A TIME WHEN NEITHER BASS SERVICES OR ELG AND EPA IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 761.202(b)(1)(ii). THE EPA FURTHER ALLEGES THAT BY FAILING TO PREVENT ITS CONTRACTORS FROM ALLOWING THE SUBCONTRACTORS TO REMOVE THE PCB TRANSFORMERS, THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED 40 CFR SECTION 761.202(b)(1)(ii).

Defendants (3)

• TN DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICESNamed in complaint
• REAL ESTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT DIVISION (STREAM)Named in complaint

Facilities (1)

• TENNESSEE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

  2725 ISLAND HOME BLVD, KNOXVILLE, TN, 37820

  Registry ID: 110001856929

Statutes cited

• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES/REAL ESTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT DIVISION (STREAM)entered 2019-03-14

  Primary law: TSCA

  Federal penalty: $13,819

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2019-03-14Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2019-03-14Final Order Issued
• 2019-03-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2019-05-03Enforcement Action Closed