EPA v. PCI INDUSTRIES, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$50,000
Case summary
SEE AUDIT POLICY COMMENTS SCREEN PCI RECEIVED PCBS AT THEIR FACILITY ON TWO OCCASIONS IN 1997. THEY BLENDED THEM WITH OTHER WASTES AT THE FACILITY AND SHIPPED THE PCB CONTAMINATED MIXTURE OFF-FACILITY. PCI FAILED TO NOTIFY OF COMMERCIAL STORAGE, PROCESSED AND DISTRIBUTED IN COMMERCE, AND FAILED TO MANIFEST. JUDICIAL REFERRAL FOR RCRA AND CAA COMING FROM SAME INSPECTION. NOTE; THERE IS ANOTHER PCI UNRELATED TO THIS MATTER SOMEWHERE IN THE REGION. (PENALTY AMOUNT WAS $12,600)
Defendants (1)
- PCI INDUSTRIES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
POLLUTION CONTROL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED
4343 KENNEDY AVE., EAST CHICAGO, IN, 46312
Registry ID: 110000397874
POLLUTION CONTROL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED
4343 KENNEDY AVE., EAST CHICAGO, IN, 46312
Registry ID: 110000397874
Statutes cited
- TSCA 6 — Regulation of Hazardous Chemical Substances and Mixtures (includes Asbestos and PCBs)
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PCI INDUSTRIES, INC.entered 1999-10-05
Primary law: TSCA
Federal penalty: $50,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1998-07-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1998-12-31Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-10-05Final Order Issued
- 1999-12-06Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 30977
- Case number
- 05-1998-0376
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- Branch
- MMB1
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- Yes
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- Yes
- Primary statute
- Regulation of Hazardous Chemical Substances and Mixtures (includes Asbestos and PCBs)
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1998-0376 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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