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SAHARA HOLDINGS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Judicial · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 17199

$493
Penalty
Cost recovery
$45K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-1996-0024
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-2064
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (3)

Summary

THE FACILITY IS COMPRISED OF ONE THREE STORY APARTMENT BUILDING. ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 3, 1995, FOLLOWING AN INSPECTION OF THE FACILITY, THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE OF ENVIRON- MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ISSUED AN INTERIM CEASE AND DESIST ORDER TO DAVID MARSHALL AND SAHARA REQUIRING MARSHALL AND SA SAHARA TO CEASE AND DESIST ALL DEMOLITION AND SALVAGE WORK BEING DONE SO AS TO PROPERLY PROTECT THE HEALTH OF EMPLOYEES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THAT ORDER NOTED THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA ASBESTOS CONTROL VIRGINIA AND/OR 64 CSR 63: DEMOLITION/RENOVATION WITHOUT NOTIFICATIO NOTIFICATION, DISTURBANCE OF ASBESTOS CONTAINING BUILDING MATERIAL, AND FAILURE TO PROVIDE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIP- MENT TO THOSE WORKING AT THE FACILITY. SINCE THAT ORDER WAS ISSUED, AND ENTERED THE BUILDING AND PERFORMED ADDITIONAL RENOVATION/DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES. THERE IS AN IMMINENT RISK OF IRREPARABLE HARM AT AND NEAR THE BROADDUS APARTMENTS BECAUSE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FRIABLE ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS, INCLUDING ASBESTOS CONTAINING PLASTER AND PLASTER DUST, THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. AS MANY OF THE WINDOWS AND DOORS TO THE BUILDING HAVE BEEN REMOVED, THIS DUST IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING RELEASE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AS AIR MOVES IN AND OUT O OF THE BUILDING. OCCUPIED RESIDENCES ARE LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET AND NEXT DOOR TO THE BUILDING.

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