EPA v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$9,250
Case summary
IN JULY, 1990, A POLE-MOUNTED TRANSFORMER OWNED BY RESPONDENT, COMMONWEALTH EDISON, FAILED, SPILLING FLUID ONTO STREET AND YARD. USEPA INSPECTED THE SPILL AREA IN DECEMBER 1990, FINDING THAT RESPONDENT HAD NOT CLEANED UP THE AREA. U.S. EPA IS ISSUING THIS COMPLAINT FOR RESPONDENT'S TSCA PCB DISPOSAL VIOLATION AND RESPONDENT'S FAILURE TO CLEAN UP THE SPILL AREA WITHIN 48 HOURS AS REQUIRED BY 40 C.F.R. S761.125.
Defendants (1)
- COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
COM ED GENERAL OFFICE
72 W ADAMS ST, CHICAGO, IL, 60603
Registry ID: 110033149475
Statutes cited
- TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS
Enforcement conclusions (1)
COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.entered 1993-02-26
Primary law: TSCA
Federal penalty: $9,250
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1992-09-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1993-02-26Final Order Issued
- 1993-03-03Compliance Achieved
- 1993-03-03Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 28054
- Case number
- 05-1992-0223
- 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 05-1992-0223 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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