EPA v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Penalty assessed
$1,000
Case summary
ON OR ABOUT 2/23/1998, RESPONDENT REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR DISPOSAL, TWO DRUMS OF PCB CONTAMINATED OIL CONCENTRATIONS OF 50 OOM OR GREATER. THE PCB WASTE WAS SHIPPED ON 2/19/99 AND RECEIVED BY SAFETY KLEEN, A PCB DISPOSAL FACILITY IN UTAH. THE PCB WASTE WAS DESTROYED MORE THAN ONE YEAR AFTER IT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR DISPOSAL CONSTITUTING A VIOLATION OF SECTION 15 OF TSCA. PROPOSED PENALTY: $1,000.
Defendants (1)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
2535 NW 28TH AV, PORTLAND, OR, 97210
Registry ID: 110011441154
Statutes cited
- TSCA 15 — Prohibited Acts
Enforcement conclusions (1)
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYentered 1999-12-09
Primary law: TSCA
Federal penalty: $1,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1999-08-02Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-08-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1999-12-09Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 51233
- Case number
- 08-1999-0110
- 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 08-1999-0110 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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