EPA v. ORLANDO UTILITIES COMMISSION

Case summary

9/11/2025 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $19,461.00 TO BE PAID IN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS: ON JANUARY 17, 2024, AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT THE RESPONDEN?TS FACILITY LOCATED AT 7800 SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY, TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA PURSUANT TO SECTION 11 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2610, TO EVALUATE RESPONDENT?S COMPLIANCE WITH THE PCB REGULATIONS. THE EPA ALLEGES THAT PCBS WERE LEAKING FROM PCB-CONTAMINATED TRANSFORMERS WHICH CONSTITUTED THE IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF PCBS AT THE FACILITY, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?761.50(A)(4) AND SECTION 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2614. THE EPA FURTHER ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT: - FAILED TO MAINTAIN RECORDS FOR ONE OF THE QUARTERLY INSPECTIONS OF THE ON-SITE PCB TRANSFORMERS IN 2022 AND ONE OF THE QUARTERLY INSPECTIONS IN 2023, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 761.30(A)(1)(XII) AND SECTION 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2614. - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ALL ANNUAL RECORDS AND THE WRITTEN ANNUAL DOCUMENT LOGS OF THE DISPOSITION OF PCBS AND PCB ITEMS, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?761.180(A) AND SECTION 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2614.

Defendants (1)

• ORLANDO UTILITIES COMMISSIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• RELIANT ENERGY ORLANDO UTILITIES INDIAN RIVER POWER PLANT

  7800 SOUTH US HIGHWAY 1, TITUSVILLE, FL, 32780

  Registry ID: 110002077252

• RELIANT ENERGY ORLANDO UTILITIES INDIAN RIVER POWER PLANT

  7800 SOUTH US HIGHWAY 1, TITUSVILLE, FL, 32780

  Registry ID: 110002077252

Statutes cited

• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ORLANDO UTILITIES COMMISSIONentered 2025-09-11

  Primary law: TSCA

  Federal penalty: $19,461

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2025-09-11Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2025-09-11Final Order Issued
• 2025-09-24Enforcement Action Data Entered