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for the remainder of their useful lives, and requires a quarterly
inspection of this equipment for leaks of dielectric fluid”; and
(3) “Prohibits the use of all other large PCB Capacitors after
October 1, 1988”. According to the PCB rule:
If a PCB Transformer is found to have a leak which
results in any quantity of PCBs running off or about to
run off the external surface of the transformer, then
the transformer must be repaired or replaced to
eliminate the source of the leak. In all cases any
leaking material must be cleaned up and properly
disposed of * * * in no case later than 48 hours of its
discovery. * * *
In response to the PCB rule, FPL commenced a program to remove
PCBs from its electrical equipment, including all power
transformers at its power plants.36
A 1986 BI No. 895, approved in October 1985, budgeted $16.4
million to “Replace all PCB filled distribution capacitors” over
a 6-year period “to conform with new EPA regulations, and
commenced in the first quarter of 1983 and are to be completed in
the third quarter, 1988.” A section of the BI labeled “purpose
and necessity” states that “Recent EPA regulations released
August 25, 1982 prohibit the use of all large PCB-filled
capacitors after October 1, 1988.”
A 1986 BI No. 904, approved in October 1985, budgeted $13
million to “Replace all PCB filled distribution transformers”
over a 3-year period to commence in the first quarter of 1984 and
36 Mr. Butts testified that a PCB leak was a “reportable
event” to the EPA.
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