ABBREVIATED REFERRAL AND CONSENT DECREE IN SETTLEMENT OF UNITED STATES V. CUYAHOGA EQUIPMENT CORPORATION NATURE OF THE CASE AND DESCRIPTION OF DEFENDANT THIS IS A NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (NESHAP'S) FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF INTENTION TO DEMOLISH ACTION. CUYAHOGA EQUIPMENT CORPORATION IS A FLORIDA CORPORATION, LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. DURING THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1984, JOBS PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY GENERATED AN ESTIMATED GROSS REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION. CUYAHOGA PERFORMS DEMOLITION JOBS IN MANY STATES. CUYAHOGA CONTRACTED WITH THE U.S. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION TO DEMOLISH THE FORMER WISCONSIN STEEL DIVISION FACILITY AT 106TH STREET AND TORRENCE AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. THE COMPANY COMMENCED DEMOLITION AND FAILED TO PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO EITHER U.S. EPA OR ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (IEPA) (TO WHOM ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY HAS BEEN DELEGATED). ON THE DATE OF INSPECTION, NO SUBSTANTIVE VIOLATIONS OF THE NESHAP'S REGU- LATIONS WERE OBSERVED. VIOLATION AND EVIDENCE OF VIOLATION NEITHER THE U.S. EPA NOR THE IEPA ARE IN RECEIPT OF ANY NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO DEMOLISH. ON MAY 10, 1984, AN INSPECTOR FROM THE IEPA ENTERED THE DEMOLITION SITE. HE OBSERVED THAT THE AMOUNT OF FRIABLE