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10-2012-0064Administrative - FormalClosedFY 2012· Region 10

EPA v. TransAlta Centralia Generation. LLC

Final Order With Penalty

Case summary

TransAlta violated the PCB reguilations by: (1) engaging in PCB waste handling without first notifying EPA by filing Form 7710-53 in violatin of 761.202(b) (2) failing to maintain certificates of PCB disposal as annual records in violation of 761.180(a)(2) and (3) failing to generate and maintain complete records of PCB transformer inspections in violation of 761.30(a)(1)(xii)

Defendants (1)

  • TransAlta Centralia Generation. LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

  • TRANSALTA CENTRALIA CORPORATION

    913 BIG HANAFORD ROAD, CENTRALIA, WA, 98531

    Registry ID: 110000490665

Statutes cited

  • TSCA 6-PCBSPCBS

Enforcement conclusions (1)

  • TransAlta Centralia Generation. LLCentered 2012-02-16

    Primary law: TSCA

    Federal penalty: $28,500

Timeline (4 milestones)

  • 2012-01-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
  • 2012-02-16Final Order Issued
  • 2012-02-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
  • 2012-04-04Enforcement Action Closed

Case metadata

EPA activity ID
2600091313
Case number
10-2012-0064
Lead agency
EPA
EPA region
10
Voluntary self-disclosure
No
Primary statute
PCBS

Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2012-0064 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.

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