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SPECIALTY SYSTEMS OF OHIO CONSTRUCTION

Judicial · FY1990 · — · Default Order With Penalty · 27580

$38K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
—
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1990-0301
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Default Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-1628
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

SPECIALTY SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTION, INC., OF OHIO IS ISSUED A FOV FOR FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY WET ASBESTOS CONTAINING MA- TERIAL AT THE NORWALK POST OFFICE. - OHIO EPA REFERRED THIS CASE TO U.S. EPA AFTER ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE WITH SPECIALTY FAILED. _ SPECIALTY SYSTEMS OF OHIO CONSTRUCTION, INC., AN INDIANA CORP., PERFORMS ASBESTOS REMOVAL AT SCHOOLS, FEDERAL, COMMER CIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES IN OHIO. ON OCT. 5, 1990, THE USEPA ISSUED TO SPECIALTY A FINDING OF VIOLATION ( FOV ) FOR VIOLATION OF THE ASBESTOS NAT'L EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (NESHAP). THE FOV ALLEGED THAT SPE CIALTY FAILED TO ADEQUATELY WET FRIABLE ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS WHEN THEY WERE BEING STRIPPED FROM FACILITY COMPO- NENTS DURING A RENOVATION AT THE NORWALK POST OFFICE IN NOR- WALK, OHIO IN 1988. ADDITIONALLY, SPECIALTY FAILED TO ADE- QUATELY WET FRIABLE ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS THAT HAD BEEN STRIPPED FROM FACILITY COMPONENTS AT THE NORWALK POST OFFICE, TO ENSURE THAT THEY REMAINED WET UNTIL THEY WERE COL LECTED FOR DISPOSAL. IN RESPONSE TO THESE VIOLATIONS, REGION V SEEKS TO ENJOIN SPECIALTY FROM FUTURE VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND THE NESHAPS FOR ASBESTOS. ADDITIONALLY, THE USEPA SEEKS A PENALTY OF UP TO $25,000 PER DAY FOR

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