# CLEVELAND WRECKING
> **Judicial** · FY1981 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1832`
- **Case Number:** 02-1981-0005
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $8K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CLEVELAND WRECKING CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

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

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