EPA v. ILADA ENERGY COMPANY
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
CIVIL JUDICIAL ACTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND INJUNCTION ADDRESSED TO VIOLATIONS OF TSCA REGULATIONS AS TO DISPOSAL, USE, MARKING AND STORAGE OF PCB WASTE OIL. COMPANY RUNS WASTE OIL RECLAMATION OPERATION BASED AT A FACILITY W/ 17 LARGE BULK STORAGE TANKS AND AN UNAUTHORIZED BOILER, THE SITE BEING ADJACENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND EASILY AC- CESSIBLE TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. SINCE MARCH 1981 THE COMPANY HAS BEEN BURNING PCBS IN A BOILER NOT MEETING THE STANDARDS OF 40 CFR SEC. 761.60(A), CAUSING UNCONTROLLED DISCHARGES INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. IMPROPERLY BURNED PCBS COULD CONVERT INTO DIOXINS, ONE OF THE MOST HAZARDOUS CHEMIMCALS KNOWN. ILLINOIS EPA INSPECTORS CHECKED THE SITE IN NOV, 1981 AND APRIL, OCT, AND NOV. OF 1982, AND HAVE MONITORED THE SITE VISUALLY SINCE FLOODING CONDITIONS BECAME PREVALENT IN THE AREA. SPECIFIC CONCERN WAS VOICED OVER ONE OF THE TANKS WHICH HAS A PORTHOLE CLOSE TO THE LEVEL OF THE FLOOD WATERS.
Defendants (7)
- DONALD PRATTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- ILADA ENERGY CO.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- LARRY WILSONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- LINDA WILSONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- RUBY CARLSONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- TENARK OIL CO.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- THOMAS WILSONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
ILADA ENERGY COMPANY SITE
COUNTY RD, EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, IL, 62957
Registry ID: 110018375550
ILADA ENERGY COMPANY SITE
COUNTY RD, EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, IL, 62957
Registry ID: 110018375550
Statutes cited
- TSCA 17 — Toxic Sub Control Act
- TSCA 7 — Imminent Hazard
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ILADA ENERGY COentered 1983-01-18
Primary law: TSCA
Timeline (8 milestones)
- 1983-01-06Referred To Headquarters
- 1983-01-06Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1983-01-07Referred TO U.S. Attorney
- 1983-01-07Complaint Filed With Court
- 1983-01-18Final Order Lodged
- 1983-01-18Final Order Entered
- 1983-01-18Concluded
- 1988-07-13Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 25189
- Case number
- 05-1983-0001
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Toxic Sub Control Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1983-0001 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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