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PENN A KEM, LLC

Administrative - Formal · FY2008 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 1400001484

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Case

Case Number
04-2008-2534
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

8/27/08 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,385. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP. ALLEGATIONS: ON OR ABOUT FEB 21, 2007, AN INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, RESPONDENT POSSESSED A WESTINGHOUSE TRANSFORMER WHICH CONTAINED 324 GALLONS OF FLUID WITH A PCB CONCENTRATION GREATER THAN 500,000 PPM. THIS PCB TRANSFORMER WAS LOCATED WITHIN A FENCED AREA REFERRED TO AS THE HYDRO SUBSTATION. THE HYDRO SUBSTATION HAD TWO GATES THAT ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE PCB TRANSFORMER. RESPONDENT FAILED TO MARK WITH A LARGE PCB MARK ONE OF THE GATES ALLOWING ACCESS TO THE PCB TRANSFORMER LOCATED AT THE HYDRO SUBSTATION. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, RESPONDENT POSSESSED A WESTINGHOUSE TRANSFORMER WHICH CONTAINED 320 GALLONS OF FLUID WITH A PCB CONCENTRATION OF GREATER THAN 500,000 PPM. THIS PCB TRANSFORMER WAS LOCATED WITHIN A FENCED AREA REFERRED TO AS THE PMEG1. THIS FENCED AREA HAD TWO GATES THAT ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE PCB TRANSFORMER. RESPONDENT FAILED TO MARK WITH A LARGE PCB MARK EITHER OF THE TWO GATES ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE PCB TRANSFORMER LOCATED AT THE PMEG1 AREA AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 761.40(j).

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