The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Trans-Cycle Industries of Ohio LLC (“TCI”) entered into a September 22nd Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the federal PCB regulations. See Docket No. TSCA-05-2026-0027.
The CAFO provides that TCI is a commercial storage facility with a place of business in Richwood, Ohio.
TCI is stated to be the owner or operator that includes all contiguous land, structures, other appurtenances and improvements used for the treatment, storage, or disposal of PCB waste. Further, TCI is stated to have submitted to EPA an application for a Federal Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) PCB Commercial Storage Approval in 2017 which was granted. Therefore, TCI is stated to be a commercial storer of PCBs.
EPA is stated to have conducted an inspection of the facility on June 10, 2025, to determine compliance with the PCB regulations.
The inspection allegedly identified the following violations:
- PCB items were not marked with the large PCB mark.
- Failure to have removal from service dates on PCB items.
- Observation of leaking PCB Items outside of properly marked containers.
- Missing required information and annual document logs for the years 2021, 2022, and 2023.
- Not storing PCB containers wholly within pallet edges.
TCI neither admits nor denies the factual allegations in the CAFO.
A civil penalty of $52,779 is assessed.
A copy of the CAFO can be found here.
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