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General Electric

Improper Storage of PCB-Containing Equipment

Date: 05/30/2003 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Environment

Enforcement Agency: EPA

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $94,380

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: “General Electric Co. has agreed to pay a $94,380 penalty as part of a settlement of an enforcement case regarding improper storage of PCB-containing equipment at its 254-acre property in Pittsfield. “The case was initiated after GE notified EPA that it had discovered two transformers and three capacitors containing PCBs were being stored improperly in Building 9 at its Pittsfield property. GE also notified EPA that one of the transformers had leaked PCB-containing oil. “Following the disclosure, GE contained the leak and undertook a facility-wide sweep to determine if other PCB-containing equipment was being stored improperly on the property. Based on that information, EPA concluded that there had been seven violations of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA, 15 USC §§ 2601 et seq.) at 11 separate locations on the property.”