EPA v. CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$1,000
Case summary
ON 10/04/91 WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS, INC. VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSED THAT IT HAD SENT PCB WASTE LIQUID GENERATED FROM ITS CID AREA 3 LANDFILL MONITORING WELLS TO CHEMICAL WASTE FOR DISPOSAL IN ITS CID AREA 4 LANDFILL. CHEMICAL WASTE ACCEPTED AND DISPOSED OF THE 150 GRAMS OF PCB WASTE WITHOUT NOTIFYING EPA OF THIS ACTIVITY AND WITHOUT PROPERLY INCINERATING THE PCB LIQUID.
Defendants (1)
- CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WAUCONDA SAND & GRAVEL
BONNER & GARLAND RD, WAUCONDA, IL, 60084
Registry ID: 110009327022
Statutes cited
- TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.entered 1995-03-14
Primary law: TSCA
Federal penalty: $1,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1992-09-01Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1995-03-14Final Order Issued
- 1995-03-14Enforcement Action Closed
- 1995-10-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 29509
- Case number
- 05-1995-0556
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- Branch
- MMB
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- PCBS
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1995-0556 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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