EPA v. JAMES RIVER PAPER CORPORATION
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DIVISION IS ISSUING A COMPLAINT AGAINST JAMES RIVER PAPER CORPORATION FOR VIOLATION OF THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING POLY CHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA). REPRESENTA- TIVES FROM U.S.EPA INSPECTED JAMES RIVER PAPER CORP'S FACILITY AND FOUND A LEAKING PCB-CONTAMINATED TRANSFORMER WHICH CONTAINED PCBS AT A CONCENTRATION OF 60 PPM. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT JAMES RIVER FAILED TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THE PCB-CONTAMINATED FLUID, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. SECTION 761.60(A)(2) AND SECTION 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. SECTION 2614.
Defendants (1)
- JAMES RIVER PAPER CORP.Named in complaint
Facilities (1)
DUNN PAPER INC.
218 RIVERVIEW STREET, PORT HURON, MI, 48060
Registry ID: 110000404839
Statutes cited
- TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1990-09-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1990-10-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1991-09-19Final Order Issued
- 1991-09-19Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 27523
- Case number
- 05-1990-0243
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- Branch
- AWTGL
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- PCBS
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1990-0243 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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