NATURE OF THE CASE: CLEVELAND WRECKING IS A MAJOR DEMOLITION CO WHICH OPERATES IN MANY STATES. THIS CASE INVOLVES A DEMOLITION OPERATION IN NEW YORK CITY. CAUSE OF ACTION: THE DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS IS REGULATED BY THE NATIONAL EMISSIONS STANDARD FOR ASBESTOS, 40 CFR SEC 61.20 ET SEQ. THE STANDARD PROHIBITS VISABLE EMISSIONS OF ASBESTOS FROM THE COLLECTION, PROCESSING, PACKAGING, TRA- NSMITTING OR DEPOSITION OF ASBESTOS-CONTAINING WASTE MAT- ERIAL GENERATED BY A DEMOLITION OPERATION. VISIBLE EMIS- SIONS WERE OBSERVED FROM THIS SITE BY EPA INSPECTORS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. PROPOSED REMEDY: UNDER THE PROPOSED STTLMNT CURRENTLY BEING NEG'D, CLEVELAND WRECKING WILL ADOPT CERTAIN PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO PREVENT ASBESTOS EMISSIONS FROM FUTURE DEMOLITION OP- ERATIONS. THE CO WILL ALSO PAY A CIVIL PLTY FOR PAST VIOL'S. NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: THIS IS THE FIRST CASE TO BE REFERRED TO DOJ FOR VIOL'S OF THE ASBESTOS STANDARDS BY A DEMOLITION CONTRA- CTOR SINCE THE US SUPREME COURT DECISION IN ADAMO WRECK- ING, WHICH INVALIDATED WORK PRACTICE STANDARDS. THIS CASE WILL ESTABLISH A VALUABLE PRECEDENT FO