Lighting Resources Inc, Phoenix, AZ

EPA regulates polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) activities under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). All facilities that treat, store, or dispose of PCBs are required to obtain a TSCA Approval, or permit. Lighting Resources Inc. was permitted to operate under a 2003 TSCA Storage Approval issued by EPA Region 9 to manage PCB wastes.

Lighting Resources’ Approval allowed them to process electrical equipment that contained PCBs, such as transformers, capacitors, and fluorescent lighting ballasts. Lighting Resources removed the PCBs from the electrical equipment and then disposed of the electrical equipment. Lighting Resources decontaminated and recycled some high-value metals, such as copper, from the electrical equipment. TSCA regulated PCB liquids and solid wastes were sent off for final disposal at a TSCA permitted incinerator or chemical waste landfill.

Lighting Resources applied to renew their permit in 2013. Between 2013 and 2024, EPA issued six Notices of Deficiency and Lighting Resources revised their renewal application six times. Lighting Resources decided to stop storing and processing PCB waste at their Phoenix facility in 2024. Under EPA oversight, Lighting Resources removed all PCB waste from the facility, decontaminated the facility, and then sampled building materials for PCBs. Building materials and soils that did not meet EPA’s closure standards for PCBs were demolished, removed, disposed, and repaired. Lighting Resources completed its closure in 2026.

EPA reviewed the closure report and sampling data from Lighting Resources and determined that it met the closure standards in its TSCA permit. The former facility is located in Phoenix, Arizona, in an area zoned for industrial use, however, Lighting Resources met EPA’s closure standards for residential use. EPA refers to this type of closure as a “clean close” because there are no restrictions on future uses of the facility due to PCBs.

Please see EPA’s 2026 Closure Complete letter in the Documents section for more details about Lighting Resources’ closure.

Documents

• EPA Letter: Closure Complete for Lighting Resources Phoenix TSCA Storage Facility (pdf) (292.8 KB, July 31, 2026)
  Letter from EPA Pacific Southwest (Region 9) to Lighting Resources LLC with notification that closure is complete for the Closure Complete for Lighting Resources Phoenix TSCA Storage Facility. EPA ID AZD983476680.
• Lighting Resources Inc TSCA Permit Approval: Lighting Resources, Incorporated (pdf) (294.83 KB, January 23, 2003)
  TSCA Approval [FINAL] for Lighting Resources Incorporated PCB Commercial Storage Facility. EPA ID #AZD983476680.
• Lighting Resources Inc TSCA Permit Approval: Appendix A (pdf) (18.5 KB, 2003)
  Lighting Resources Inc. TSCA Permit Approval Appendix A – Sampling Plan for Wire and Steel from the Decontaminated Lighting Ballasts.
• Lighting Resources Inc TSCA Permit Approval: Appendix B (pdf) (9.66 KB, 2003)
  Lighting Resources Inc. TSCA Permit Approval Appendix B – Third Party Certification for Sampling Decontaminated Scrap Metal.
• Lighting Resources Inc TSCA Permit Approval: Map – Facility Location and Layout (pdf) (697.5 KB, August 15, 2001)
  Lighting Resources Inc Facility Map showing facility location and layout.
• Community Information Fact Sheet: Lighting Resources Inc (pdf) (115.02 KB, January 2002)
  EPA's proposed permit decision to allow Lighting Resources Inc. to commercially store PCB wastes and decontaminate PCB-containing lighting ballasts.
• Hoja de Información de la Comunidad: Lighting Resources Inc (pdf) (119.89 KB, Enero 2002)
  La decisión del permiso propuesta por la EPA permite que Lighting Resources, Inc. almacene comercialmente desechos de PCB y descontamine los balastos de iluminación que contienen PCB.