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ATLANTIC MARINE AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC

Judicial · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 1943

$40K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
02-1985-0041
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (3)

Summary

THIS PROPOSES THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(B) OF THE CAA, 42 USC 7413(B), AGAINST ATLANTIC MARINE & INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. FOR VIOLATION OF SECTION 112 OF THE CAA. ATLANTIC MARINE IS ENGAGED IN ASBESTOS REMOVAL OPERATIONS IN N.J. & N.Y. JOHN E. SNYDER, INC. IS A GENERAL CONTRACT- OR WHO SUBCONTRACTED W/ ATLANTIC MARINE TO PERFORM THE AS- BESTOS REMOVAL. ATLANTIC MARINE & JOHN E. SNYDER, INC. WERE THE OPERATORS OF THE ASBESTOS RENOVATION AT THE FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FRANKLIN, N.J. ATLANTIC MARINE NOTIFIED EPA BY LETTERS DATED 3/18/85 & 5/17/85, OF ITS PLANS TO REMOVE AT LEAST 260 LINEAR FT. OF FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIALS ON PIPE DURING RENOVATION AT THE FRANKLIN ELEM. SCHOOL. AN EPA INSPECTOR VISITED THE SITE AT ON 6/21/85 & OBSERVED EMPLOYEES OF ATLANTIC MARINE REMOVING DRY FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIALS FROM THE PIPES. DURING THE INSPECTION, THE INSPECTOR TOOK 2 GRAB SAMPLES FROM THE BAGS WHICH CONTAINED DRY FRIABLE ASBESTOS WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PIPE. LAB ANALYSES INDICATE THAT THE SAMPLES CON- TAIN IN EXCESS OF 1% ASBESTIFORM MINERAL CHRYSOTILE. * FACILITIES: (1) FRANKLIN BOROUGH S.D. - ELEM FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY OWNERSHIP: M

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