EPA v. CHICAGO INDUSTRIAL WASTE HAULERS
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$22,500
Case summary
CHICAGO INDUSTRIAL WASTE HAULERS (CIWH) WAS INSPECTED ON MARCH 6, 1987. THE INSPECTORS FOUND A BULK STORAGE TANK WITH ABOUT 6000 GALLONS OF WASTE OIL WHICH CONTAINED PCB'S AT A CONCENTRATION GREATER THAN 500PPM. CIWH VIOLATED TSCA BY FAILING TO HAVE PROPER CURBING AROUND THE STORAGE TANK, BY FAILING TO DOCUMENT WHEN THE PCB WASTE OIL WAS PLACED IN THE TANK FOR STORAGE AND BY FAILING TO MARK THE TANK. THE PROPOSED PENALTY IS 50,000. SEE PCIA- RELATED CASE.
Defendants (1)
- CHICAGO INDUSTRIAL WASTE HAULERSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CHICAGO INDUSTRIAL WASTE HAULERS
4206 WEST SHIRLEY LANE, ALSIP, IL, 60803
Registry ID: 110009283809
Statutes cited
- TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CHICAGO INDUSTRIAL WASTE HAULERSentered 1993-11-30
Primary law: TSCA
Federal penalty: $22,500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1992-03-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1992-03-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1993-11-30Final Order Issued
- 1993-11-30Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 27948
- Case number
- 05-1992-0068
- 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 05-1992-0068 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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