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A Rhode Island-based construction company has agreed to pay $46,750 to settle charges by the US Environmental Protection Agency of improper handling and disposal of PCBs in soils during a construction project in New Haven, Conn. in December 2003.
According to EPA's complaint, the Gilbane Building Co., based in Providence, RI, improperly disposed of soil containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Gilbane, a national company with offices around the country and in Glastonbury, Conn., was construction manager for the New Haven project to install underground storage tanks used for preventing sewer overflows. Gilbane was responsible for excavating and disposing of contaminated material from the site, including 2,750 tons of material in an area with elevated PCB concentrations. Gilbane does not admit the factual allegations of the complaint.
According to EPA, on the project Gilbane was overseeing, soils with lower concentrations of PCBs were allegedly mixed with soils containing higher concentrations, in violation of rules that do not allow dilution of contaminated materials. Some of the soil excavated contained PCB concentrations of 191 parts per million, more than seven times the 25-ppm concentration allowed at the disposal site where the mixed soils were sent for disposal.
This action was taken under the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which regulates the manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce, use and disposal of PCBs. (Nov-23-04) [EPA NEW ENGLAND PRESS]
According to EPA's complaint, the Gilbane Building Co., based in Providence, RI, improperly disposed of soil containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Gilbane, a national company with offices around the country and in Glastonbury, Conn., was construction manager for the New Haven project to install underground storage tanks used for preventing sewer overflows. Gilbane was responsible for excavating and disposing of contaminated material from the site, including 2,750 tons of material in an area with elevated PCB concentrations. Gilbane does not admit the factual allegations of the complaint.
According to EPA, on the project Gilbane was overseeing, soils with lower concentrations of PCBs were allegedly mixed with soils containing higher concentrations, in violation of rules that do not allow dilution of contaminated materials. Some of the soil excavated contained PCB concentrations of 191 parts per million, more than seven times the 25-ppm concentration allowed at the disposal site where the mixed soils were sent for disposal.
This action was taken under the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which regulates the manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce, use and disposal of PCBs. (Nov-23-04) [EPA NEW ENGLAND PRESS]
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