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CLEAN TEXTILE SYSTEMS, INC.

Judicial · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 18156

$98K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$85K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-1998-0244
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-06082
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

IN MAY, 1994, CLEAN TEXTILE USED ITS OWN EMPLOYEES AND CON- TRACTORS TO REMOVE ASBESTOS INSULATION FROM STEAM PIPES IN ITS FORMER LAUNDRY FACILITY IN CLARKSBURG, WVA. THE ASBESTOS INSULATION WAS REMOVED DRY, W/NO ASBESTOS-TRAINED SUPERVISOR PRESENT, AND THROWN INTO 4 LARGE DUMPSTERS, WHICH WERE THEN TAKEN TO THE NONHAZARDOUS WASTE SECTION OF AREA LANDFILLS AND DUMPED. LANDFILL WORKERS EXPOSED TO THE DRY, FRIABLE ASBESTOS DURING DUMPING ALERTED EPA. CLEAN TEXTILE REMOVED A LARGE HOTWATER TANK COVERED W/ASBESTOS FROM THE FACIITY, RELEASING ASBESTOS AS IT WAS DRAGGED OUTSIDE THE BUIDING. THE ASBESTOS CONTAMINATION HAS BEEN CLEANED UP BY ASBESTOS CONTRACTORS HIRED BY CLEAN TEXTILE.

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