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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
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contract fraud and other
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Federal PCB Violations
Fluor-Hanford and Twin City Metals agreed to pay the Environmental Protection Agency $54,800 and $30,000, respectively, in penalties for mishandling transformers contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), which are believed to cause liver damage or cancer in humans. In May 2006, Fluor, the primary clean-up contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Reservation, transported 60 transformers from Hanford to Twin City Metals, a Richland, Washington metal recycler. One of the transformers contained approximately 50 gallons of fluid contaminated with PCBs. The next day, as TCM was handling the transformers, fluid was spilled from the PCB-contaminated transformer. According to investigators, TCM notified Fluor later that day, but Fluor took no immediate action to limit or abate the spill, which contaminated the soil and other surfaces and may have exposed workers to PCBs. See related pending Fluor instance, “Somers v. Fluor Hanford (PCB Spill).”
- Misconduct Type
- Environment
- Enforcement Agency
- EPA
- Contracting Party
- Energy
- Court Type
- Administrative
- Disposition
- Fine
- Date of Announcement
- 11/1/2007