EPA v. NASA-AMES RESEARCH CENTER
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Case summary
ON OR ABOUT 9/6/1988, RESPONDENT REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR DISPOSAL, FOUR DRUMS CONTAINING A PCB TRANSFORMER. THE FOUR DRUMS OF PCB WASTE WERE SHIPPED BY RESPONDENT ON 5/8/1996 AND RECEIVED BY USPCI-GRASSY MOUNTAIN IN CLIVE, UT, A PCB DISPOSAL FACILITY. THE FOUR DRUMS WERE SHIPPED MORE THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE DRUMS WERE REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR DISPOSAL CONSTITUTING A VIOLATION OF SECTION 15 OF TSCA. PROPOSED PENALTY: $1,000.
Defendants (1)
- NASA-AMES RESEARCH CENTERNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINIST AMES RESEARCH CENTER
MOFFETT FIELD, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 94035
Registry ID: 110000495759
Statutes cited
- TSCA 15 — Prohibited Acts
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NASA-AMES RESEARCH CENTER
Primary law: TSCA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1999-07-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-08-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1999-10-27Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 51231
- Case number
- 08-1999-0108
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Prohibited Acts
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1999-0108 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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