THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION PURSUANT TO CAA/113(B), 42 USC 7413(B), AGAINST SCIENTIFIC COATING CO., INC. ( SCIENTIFIC ) FOR VIOLATION OF CAA/112. SCIENTIFIC IS A CONTRACTOR ENGAGED IN ASBESTOS REMOVAL OP- ERATIONS IN N.J. IT IS IDENTIFIED BY DUNN & BRADSTREET AS A PAINTING & COATING CONTRACTOR. SCIENTIFIC WAS THE OPERATOR OF THE ASBESTOS RENOVATION AT BARNERT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CEN- TER IN PATERSON, N.J. &, AS SUCH, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLI- ANCE W/ 40 CFR PART 61, SUBPART M. SCIENTIFIC NOTIFIED THE EPA BY LETTER IN ACCORD WITH SECTION 61.145(D), OF ITS PLANS TO REMOVE AT LEAST 260 LINEAR FEET OF FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIALS ON PIPE OR 160 SQ. FT. OF FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERI- ALS ON OTHER FACILITY COMPONENTS DURING RENOVATION AT THE BARNERT HOSPITAL. THE NOTIFICATION LETTER DID NOT CONTAIN AN ESTIMATE OF THE APPROX. AMT. OF FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIAL PRESENT IN THE FACILITY. THIS IS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE NOTIFICATION RQRMTS LISTED IN SECTION 61.146(C)(3). AN EPA INSPECTOR VISITED THE SITE OF THE RENOVATION ON DEC. 4, 1984 & OBSERVED ASBESTOS REMOVAL OPERATIONS INVOLVING GREAT- ER THAN 160 SQ. FT. ON FACILITY COMPONENTS. THE INSPECTOR FOUND DRY MATERIAL WHICH HE IDENTIFIED AS FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIAL WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FACILITY COMPONENTS BUT HAD NOT BEEN COLLECTED FOR DISPOSAL. PURSUANT TO SECTS. 61.47(C) & (E)(1), SUCH MATERIAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY WET WHEN IT WAS R