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General Dynamics

Violation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (PCBs)

Date: 07/02/1998 (Date of News Release)

Misconduct Type: Environment

Enforcement Agency: EPA

Contracting Party: Energy

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $13,600

Disposition: Fine

Synopsis: General Dynamics Electric Boat, under contract to strip PCB-contaminated paint from storage tanks at the Department of Energy facility in Windsor, Connecticut, was fined for violating the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 USC §§ 2601 et seq.) with regard to PCBs. “Electric Boat's personnel were required to use disposable protective clothing during paint removal, and the clothing was required to be shipped for disposal (with other PCB contaminated wastes) to a chemical waste management facility in New York. Instead, Electric Boat sent the personal protective equipment to a New Bedford, Mass. laundry facility.”