THIS IS A PROPOSED ACTION FOR CIVIL PENALTIES AND INJUNC- TIVE RELIEF AGAINST CONTRACTORS AND THE OWNER OF FACILITIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 112 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARD FOR ASBESTOS FOUND DURING RENOVA- TION ACTIVITIES AT: 1) A FORMER DEPARTMENT STORE IN DOWN- TOWN BRIDGEPORT, CT; AND, 2) AN OLD MANUFACTURING FACILITY LOCATED IN AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX NEXT TO TWO MAJOR INTER- STATE HIGHWAYS. A. THE READ DEPARTMENT STORE ON 04/16/87, EPA, REGION I RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FROM STATEWIDE PIPE CLEANING SERVICES, INC. OF A PROPOSED PROJECT TO REMOVE 100,000 SQUARE FEET OF ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS FROM THE FORMER READ DEPT STORE BUILDING. ON OR ABOUT 08/05/87, EPA RECEIVED A ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL IN WHICH THE CALLER ALLEGED THAT ASBESTOS WAS BEING REMOVED WITHOUT WETTING IN THE OLD READ BUILDING. ON 08/10/87, EPA ENGINEER DONALD DAHL INSPECTED THE FACILITY AND FOUND A SMALL QUAN- TITY OF DRY ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS LYING ON THE FLOOR AND IN BAGS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 61.147(E)(1). A REPRE- SENTATIVE FROM STATEWIDE TOLD DAHL THAT IT HAD BEEN HIRED BY D'ADDARIO INDUSTRIES, INC. AND, PURSUANT TO THAT CONTRACT ITS WORKERS HAD STRIPPED THE ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS. DAHL REINSPECTED THE READ BUILDING ON 08/13/87. DURING THIS INSPECTION, DAHL OBSERVED VIOLATIONS OF 40 CFR 61.147(C) AND (E) (1) AND(E) (2). ON 09/30/87, EPA