THIS LITIGATION REPORT SUPPORTS A CIVIL ACTION FOR INJUNC- TIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES WHICH WAS FILED WITH THE U.S. DIST COURT, DIST OF CT, ON JAN 14, 1987 AFTER EXPEDITED AUTHOR- RIZATION FROM EPA HQ AND THE DOJ. NAMED AS DEFENDANTS ARE 3 RENOVATION CONTRACTORS & THE OWNER OF A RENOVATION OPERA- TION. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES VIOLATION OF THE CAA ACT, SECT 112, AND THE ASBESTOS NESHAP. THE VIOLATIONS ALLEGED IN THE COMPLAINT OCCURRED FROM OCT 1986 TO JAN 14, 1987 DURING THE RENOVATION OF THE FORMER BEVERLY THEATER LOCATED IN BRIDGE- PORT, CT. BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO OBTAIN IMMEDIATE JUDICIAL RELIEF THROUGH A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER (TRO) TO ABATE THE SERIOUS, ONGOING NESHAP VIOLATIONS AT THE FACILITY, REG I INVOKED THE PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION TO COM- MENCE THIS ACTION. EPA ENGINEER MCGUINESS HAD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN THE FALL 1986 INSPECTED THE FACILITY AND, ON EACH OCCASION, POINTED OUT VIOLATIONS OF APPLICABLE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND WORK PRACTICE STANDARDS FOR PERFORMING ASBESTOS REMOVAL OPERATIONS. ON DEC 31, 1986, EPA ISSUED AO'S REGARDING THESE VIOLATIONS. DESPITE THESE EFFORTS, EPA INSPECTIONS ON JAN 9 AND 15, 1987 UNCOVERED CONTINUING, SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF THE ASBESTOS NESHAP. ON JAN 14, 1987, EPA, IN CONJUNC- TION WITH DOJ AN THE U.S. ATTY'S OFFICE FOR CT, FILED A CIV- IL COMPLAINT AND MOVED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY RE- STRAINING ORDER TO IMMEDIATELY ABATE