# ABSOLUTE ENTERPRISES, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `16838`
- **Case Number:** 03-1994-0346
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $382K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ABSOLUTE ENTERPRISES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- DEPART OF GENERAL SERVICES,STATE OF MD (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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