6/20/08 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED. IN A LETTER TO EPA DATED JAN 15, 2008, SCANA ADMITTED THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS UNDER TSCA, 40 CFR 761:
1. SCANA FAILED TO REGISTER SIX PCB TRANSFORMERS WITH EPA AND COMPLY WITH USE CONDITIONS, AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 761.30(a)(1), WITH RESPECT TO TWO PCB TRANSFORMERS LOCATED AT ITS SALUDA HYDRO FACILITY IN COLUMBIA, SC, AND 4 PCB TRANSFORMERS LOCATED AT ITS PARR GAS TURBINE FACILITY IN JENKINSVILLE, SC.
2. SCANA FAILED TO MARK 6 PCB TRANSFORMERS AND ACCESS TO THESE TRANSFORMERS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 761.40(a)(2) AND (j). 2 OF THESE TRANSFORMERS WERE LOCATED AT ITS SALUDA HYDRO FACILITY IN COLUMBIA, SC, AND 4 PCB TRANSFORMERS WERE LOCATED AT ITS PARR GAS TURBINE FACILITY IN JENKINSVILLE, SC.
3. SCANA FAILED TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 761.180(a) OF 2 PCB TRANSFORMERS LOCATED AT ITS SALUDA HYDRO FACILITY IN COLUMBIA, SC AND 4 PCB TRANSFORMERS LOCATED AT ITS PAR GAS TURBINE FACILITY IN JENKINSVILLE, SC.
4. SCANA FAILED TO DISPOSE OF A PCB SPILL OCCURRING AT THE SALUDA HYDRO FACILITY IN COLUMBIA, SC, WITHIN 48 HOURS OF DISCOVERY AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 761.60(a).
UNDER EPA'S ENFORCEMENT POLICY FOR TSCA PCB VIOLATIONS, A GRAVITY-BASED PENALTY OF $85,142 COULD HAVE BEEN ASSESSED FOR THESE VIOLATIONS.