8/09/11 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,400, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON OR ABOUT JUNE 21, 2010, AN INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AS RESPONDENT'S FACILITY TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH REGS PROMULGATED UNDER TSCA 6(e) PERTAINING TO PCBs.
DURING THE INSPECTION, RESPODNENT'S 2007 AND 2008 ANNUAL DOCUMENT LOGS INDICATED THAT FIVE DRUMS CONTAINED PCB WASTE THAT HAS BEEN DRAINED FROM TRANSFORMERS REMOVED FROM SERVICE IN AUG AND OCT 2007, AND IN JAN 2008. THE DRUMS OF PCB WASTE WERE NOT DISPOSED UNTIL MARCH 18, 2009, WHICH WAS MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER THE TRANSFORMERS WERE REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND THE WASTE WAS DETERMINED TO BE PCB WASTE. THEREFORE, MADISONVILLE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES IS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 761.65(a)(1).