ON SEPT. 11, OCT. 26 AND NOV 18, 1987, EPA RECEIVED NOTI- FICATION LETTERS FROM AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. OF A PROPOSED PROJECT TO REMOVE 5,778 LINEAR FEET AND 11,478 SQUARE FEET OF ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS FROM WR GRACE AND COMPANY, INC'S ACTON, MA FACILITY. ON NOV 6, 1987, EPA RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A GRACE EMPLOYEE REGARDING IM- PROPER REMOVAL OF ASBESTOS. ON NOV 10, 1987, EPA ENGINEER DONALD DAHL INSPECTED THE FACILITY AND OBSERVED A WORKER STRIPPING ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS WITHOUT WETTING THEM IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR S 61.147(C). THIS WORKER WAS THROWING THE MATERIALS APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET TO THE GROUND CAUSING DUST TO ARISE. DAHL ALSO OBSERVED PILES OF DRY, FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIALS LYING ON THE GROUND INSIDE THE CONTAINMENT AREA. DAHL INSTRUCTED THE WORKER TO IMMEDI- ATELY WET THE DRY MATERIALS AND TO STOP REMOVING THE MATER- IALS DRY. DAHL PROCEEDED WITH HIS INSPECTION. HE RETURNED TEN MINUTES LATER TO FIND THAT THE ABOVE-MENTIONED WORKER CONTINUED TO REMOVE THE ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS WITH- OUT WETTING THEM. 03/31/89: NO UPDATE RECEIVED.