Pawtucket’s Bourne Holdings LLC to Pay $82K to Settle EPA Handling Allegations

Pawtucket’s Bourne Holdings LLC to Pay $82K to Settle EPA Handling Allegations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that a Rhode Island developer who owns a multi-use complex in Rumford has complied with federal laws regulation toxic chemicals.

Bourne Holdings LLC of Pawtucket, agreed to pay $82,000 to settle EPA allegations of six counts of violating regulations for the safe handling and management of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act at their Phillipsdale Landing Industrial Center facility in Rumford.

The Case

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The case stems from an April 2018 inspection in which EPA documented the improper storage of PCBs and items that came in contact with PCBs.

EPA also confirmed that one PCB transformer had been dismantled, and some of the parts associated with the transformer had been sold as scrap without being decontaminated.

Federal PCB regulations include prohibitions of and requirements for the use, disposal, storage and marking of PCBs and items that have come in contact with PCBs.

The violations at Phillipsdale Landing were significant given the quantity and concentrations of PCBs involved.