# SERMAC SERVICES INC; ASBESTOS ABATEMENT INC > **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty ## Case - **Activity ID:** `110` - **Case Number:** 01-1986-0008 - **Type:** Judicial - **Lead:** EPA - **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty - **Penalty assessed:** $30K - **Cost recovery:** $0 - **Compliance action $:** — - **Multimedia (multi-env):** N ## Defendants - ASBESTOS ABATEMENT INC (complaint) (settlement) - SERMAC SERVICES INC (complaint) (settlement) ## Summary THIS CASE INVOLVES A RENOVATION AT THE JOHN F. KENNEDY FEDERAL BUILDING IN BOSTON, MA, A BUILDING OWNED AND OPER- ATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. EPA PLANS TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST GSA PURSUANT TO EXEC ORDER #12085 IF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS DOESN'T COMMENCE AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THIS MATTER. SERMAC SERVICES IS A CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE COMPANY WHICH SERVICES INDUSTRIAL SURFACES AND BUILDING EXTERIORS AND PERFORMS ASBESTOS REMOVAL. ASBESTOS ABATEMENT IS AN AS- BESTOS REMOVAL CONTRACTOR. THE TWO COMPANIES ARE CLOSELY AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS. IN AN UNRELATED ASBESTOS NOTIFICA- TION RECEIVED BY EPA IN 1986, ASBESTOS ABATEMENT IDENTIFIED ITSELF AS A DIVISION OF SERMAC. . AFTER PROPER NOTIFICATION TO EPA OF INTENT TO REMOVE 17,000 FT2 OF ASBESTOS, RENOVATION OF THE BASEMENT OF THE JFK BLDG. COMMENCED ON 2/5/86. EPA ENGINEERS INSPECTED THE SITE ON 2/6/86, WHEN THE RENOVATION OPERATION WAS IN ITS IN- ITIAL STAGES. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, APPROX. 120 FT2 OF INSULATION MATERIAL HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE EPA ENGINEERS OB- SERVED DRY FRIABLE MATERIAL ON THE FLOOR AND AN ASBESTOS AB- ATEMENT EMPLOYEE SWEEPING DRY FRIABLE INSULATION INTO PILES AND PUTTING IT IN PLASTIC BAGS. THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT EM- PLOYEE TOLD THE EPA ENGINEERS THAT THE MA --- *Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*