FAILED TO MARK ACCESS TO PCB TRANSFORMERS. * JAMESTOWN ELECTRIC UTILITY VIOLATED PCB REGULATIONS IN NOT BELING THE ENTRY WAY TO PCB TRANSFORMERS AT ITS ELECTRIC UTILITY. AS PART OF THE SETTLEMENT FOR THE VIOLATION THEY AGREED TO PERFORM A SEP TO DISPOSE OF THREE PCB TRANSFORMERS IN LIEU OF PAYING A PENALTY OF $16,500. THE TOTAL COST OF THE SEP NOT INCLUDING THE COST OF REPLACING THE TRANSFORMERS IS $66,810.00. EPA HAS AGREED TO REDUCE THE PENALTY AS A RESULT OF THE SEP TO $4,125.00
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In a settlement of a PCB Enforcement Action against the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities on 12/10/01, the utility had agreed to perform an SEP. The SEP was for the removal of 3 PCB transformers, at a cost of $66,810, from the power generating station at Jamestown, NY. As a result, the penalty was reduced from $16,500 to $4,125 or $12,375 with a recovery by EPA of any fraction of the $12,375 penalty reduction for funds not spent on the SEP. In a report by the utility, it was learned they actually spent $27,221.61 in performing the SEP. As a result, EPA recovered an additional $7,332.83 in penalty ($66,810 - $27,221.61 / $66,810 X $12,375).
Therefore, the assessed penalty amount is being revised from $4,125 to 11,457.83 (rounding to $11,458). The value of the SEP is now revised from $66,810 to $27,221.61.
11/03/2003 JD
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