# KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT CORP.
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25256`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0012
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                             KEWAUNEE PRIMARILY MANUFACTURES LABORATORY EQUIPMENT    AND FURNITURE, AMONG THESE FUME HOODS, LABORATORY FURNITURE  AND OTHER ITEMS USING ASBESTOS.  DUST GENERATED DURING       FABRICATION OF THESE ITEMS IS VENTED TO CONTROL DEVICES AND  COLLECTED IN BARRELS.  NUMEROUS INSPECTIONS AT THE FACILITY  HAVE RESULTED IN OBSERVATIONS OF VISIBLE EMISSIONS DURING    THE CHANGING OF THE BARRELS, WHICH ARE VIOLATIONS OF THE     NESHAP'S REGULATIONS.  AN ATTEMPT BY U.S. EPA TO RESOLVE THE CASE THROUGH USE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER FAILED, RESULT-  ING IN THIS REFERRAL.                                           CAUSE OF ACTION                                                KEWAUNEE'S OBSERVED VISIBLE EMISSIONS VIOLATE 40 C.F.R. 61.22(J), WHICH PROHIBITS VISIBLE EMISSIONS DURING THE       TRANSPORT OR HANDLING OF WASTE MATERIAL GENERATED BY FABRI-  CATION USING ASBESTOS.  THIS REGULATION IS ENFORCEABLE AS A  VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT BY VIRTUE OF SECTION 112(C)   OF THE ACT.  U.S. EPA WOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE COMPLIANCE AND    PENALTIES UP TO $25,000 PER DAY UNDER SECTION 113(B) OF THE  ACT.                                                            PROPOSED REMEDY                                                TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ASBESTOS NESHAP'S,       KEWAUNEE COULD ENCLOSE ITS WASTE HANDLING AREAS, OR MODIFY   OR REPLACE ITS WASTE HANDLING SYSTEM AND PROCEDURES.  IN     ADDITION, REGION V RECOMMENDS A PENALTY

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