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ABSOLUTE ENTERPRISES, INC.

Judicial · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 16838

$382K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$0
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-1994-0346
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-1983
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

THE RECOMMENDED DEFENDANTS ARE ABSOLUTE ENTERPRISES, INC. ( ABSOLUTE ) AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES ( DGS ) (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER AS THE RECOMMENDED DEFENDANTS ). THE RECOMMENDED DEFENDANTS HAVE VIOLATED THE ASBESTOS NESHAP REQUIREMENTS THAT OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF ASBESTOS DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES: 1) SUBMIT TIMELY AND ACCURATE PROJECT NOTIFICATIONS; 2) WHEN A FACI- LITY COMPONENT THAT CONTAINS RACM IS BEING TAKEN OUT OF A FACILTY AS A UNIT OR IN SECTIONS, CAREFULLY LOWER EACH UNIT OR SECTION TO THE FLOOR TO GROUND LEVEL, NOT DROPPING, THROWING, SLIDING, OR OTHERWISE DAMAGING OR DISTURBING THE RACM; 3) ADEQUATELY WET ASBESTOS AS IT IS STRIPPED FROM A FACILITY COMPONENT WHILE IT REMAINS IN PLACE IN THE FACILILTY; 4) ADEQUATELY WET ASBESTOS THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED OR STRIPPED UNTIL COLLECTED AND CONTAINED OR TREATED IN PREPARATION FOR DISPOSAL; 5) HAVE AT LEAST ONE ON-SITE REPRESENTATIVE SUCH AS A FOREMAN OR MANAGEMENT-LEVEL PERSON, TRAINED IN THE PROVISIONS OF THE ASBESTOS NESHAP; 6) DIS- CHARGE NO VISIBLE EMISSIONS DURING WASTE DISPOSAL ACTIVI- TIES; 7) MARK VEHICLES USED TO TRANSPORT ASBESTOS CONTAINING WASTE MATERIAL DURING THE LOADING AND UNLOADING OF WASTE SO THAT THE SIGNS ARE VISIBLE; AND 8) DEPOSIT ASBESTOS-CONTAIN- ING WASTE MATERIAL IN A PROPER WASTE DISPOSAL SITE AS SOON AS PRACTICAL.

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