EPA v. JOE BROWN COMPANY, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$5,000
Case summary
ON OR ABOUT 11/07/91, AN INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED OF THE TIMPIE TRANSFER FACILITY TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH TSCA AND EPA REGULATIONS RELATING TO PCB'S. THE RESPONDENT, THE JOE BROWN COMPANY, INC. IS AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION. ON 11/07/92, EPA INSPECTOR TOM PAULING OBSERVED A CONTAINER OF PCB WASTE SOIL, IDENTIFIED AS USPCI BOX # 030207, AT A RAIL SIDING IN WENDOVER, UTAH, WHICH WAS LABELED WITH AN IMPROPER PCB MARK. RESPONDENT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY MARK THE PCB WASTE SOIL CONSTITUTES A TSCA VIOLATION. THE PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY IS $30,000.
Defendants (1)
- JOE BROWN COMPANY, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WAUCONDA SAND & GRAVEL
BONNER & GARLAND RD, WAUCONDA, IL, 60084
Registry ID: 110009327022
Statutes cited
- TSCA 16 — Toxic Sub Control Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
JOE BROWN COMPANY, INC.entered 1993-11-15
Primary law: TSCA
Federal penalty: $5,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1992-09-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1992-09-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1993-11-15Final Order Issued
- 1995-01-15Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 49573
- Case number
- 08-1993-0127
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Toxic Sub Control Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1993-0127 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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