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Annual Site Environmental Report for 1999
Table 2.3 Status of Large, High-Voltage
PCB Capacitors in 1999
Beginning
New
Building Balance Capacitors Balance
Location (111/99) Removed (12/31199)
C-331 69 0 69
C-333 619 206 413
C-335 46 0 46
C-337 772 462 310
Total 1506 668 838
Table 2.4 Summary of PCBs and PCB Items
in Service at the End of 1999
Number
in Volume PCBs
Type Service (gal) (kg)
PCB transfonners 66 95,256 277,152
PCBcontaminated
transformers 10 2,699 1.27
PCBcontaminated
electrical
equipment ]8 5,174 1.19
PCB capacitors 838
PCB open
systems' 3 235 10.9
• PCB open systems are addressed in the UE TSCA
FFCA. In addition, ventilation gaskets used in
various buildings throughout the Paducah Site have
been determined to contain PCBs. The average
PCB concentration is estimated to be 20% by
weight. The total PCB content is estimated at 3840
kginthe 19,200 kg of gaskets.
FIFRA NOVs
No FIFRA NOVs were received in 1999.
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-To-Know Act
The Emergency Planning and Community
Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA), also referred to
as the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act, Title ill, requires reporting
of emergency planning infonnation, hazardous
chemical inventories, and releases to the
environment. . EPCRA reports are submitted to
federal, state, and local authorities. Executive
Order 12856, signed in August 1993, subjects all
federal agencies to EPCRA. The applicable
requirements of EPCRA are contained in
Sections 304, 311, 312, and 313.
• Section 304 requires reporting of
off-site reportable quantity releases to
state and local authorities.
• Section 311 requires that either
material safety data sheets (MSDSs)or
lists of the hazardous chemicals for
which an MSDS is required be provided
to state and local authorities for
emergency planning purposes.
• Section 312 requires that a hazardous
chemical inventory be submitted to state
and local authorities for emergency
planning.
.' Section 313 requires annual
reporting of releases of toxic chemicals
to the EPA and the state.
application of a restricted-use pesticide at the
plant were necessary for DOE activities, a
certified contractor would be used. General-use
pesticides are applied by plant personnel in a
manner consistent with product labeling; all
product warnings and cautioIls are strictly
followed.
The Paducah Site did not have any releases
that were subject to Section 304 notification
requirements during 1999. No Section 311
notifications were required in 1999. The Section
312 Tier n report of inventories for 1999
included UF , 6
uranium tetrafluoride (UF ), 4
diesel fuel, kerosene, magnesium fluoride, and
PCBs associated with DOE activities. The
Environmental Compliance
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