# SUNY (OSWEGO)-LAKER HALL WEIGHT ROOM
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `2209`
- **Case Number:** 02-1986-0288
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $20K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SUNY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (complaint) (settlement)
- SUNY COLLEGE AT OSWEGO (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS PROPOSES THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE     STATE UNIVERSITY OF NY ( SUNY ), COLLEGE AT OSWEGO ( SUCO )  FOR VIOLATION AT THREE COLLEGE FACILITIES OF SECTION 112 AND 114 OF THE CAA, 42 USC 7412 AND 7414.                          IN 10/85 AND 12/85, EPA REGION II RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM SUCO EMPLOYEES THAT FROM AT LEAST 1980-1985, THE COLLEGE     CONDUCTED AT LEAST THREE RENOVATION OPERATIONS SUBJECT TO    THE NESHAP REQUIREMENTS.  THE SUCO EMPLOYEES, MANY OF WHOM   ACTUALLY PERFORMED THE REMOVAL, ALLGED THAT THEY WERE NOT    INFORMED THAT THE MATERIAL WAS ASBESTOS NOR WERE THEY PRO-   VIDED WITH PROTECTIVE CLOTHING OR RESPIRATORS; MOREOVER, THE REMOVAL WORK DID NOT INCLUDE ANY WETTING OF THE MATERIAL DU- RING STRIPPING OR REMOVAL AS REQUIRED BY THE ASBESTOS NESHAP NOR WERE THE MATERIALS DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH NESHAP REQUIREMENTS.                                                  AFTER RECEIPT OF THE COMPLAINTS, EPA, REGION II CONDUCTED  AN INVESTIGATION INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH THE COMPLAINING   EMPLOYEES, INSPECTIONS AND THE REVIEW OF INFORMATION SUBMIT- TED BY SUCO AS REQUIRED BY EPA PURSUANT TO CAA/114, 42 USC   7414.  REGION II HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE COLLEGE VIOLATED     REQUIREMENTS OF THE NESHAP NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ON AT   LEAST 3 OCCASIONS INVOLVING THE FOLLOWING RENOVATION OPERA-  TIONS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON THE SUCO CAMPUS: 1) (1980),    THE REMOVAL OF A CEILING IN LAKER HALL; 2) (APP. 1983-1985), THE DISMANTLING OF FOUR BOILERS IN LEE

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