# BOYAS EXCAVATING CO./OHIO COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26409`
- **Case Number:** 05-1987-0168
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $24K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BOYAS EXCAVATING CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- OHIO COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE                           THE DEFENDANT, BOYAS EXAVATING, (BOYAS) ENGAGES IN DEM- OLITION OPERATIONS.  MANY OF THESE DEMOLITIONS INVOLVE THE   REMOVAL OF FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIALS AND, THEREFORE, RE-    QUIRE NOTICE TO THE U.S. EPA IN ADVANCE OF THE COMMENCEMENT  OF THE OPERATIONS UNDER THE ASBESTOS NATIONAL EMISSION STAN- DARD FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS, 40 C.F.R. SECTION 61.40   ET SEQ.                                                           DEFENDANT OHIO COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE ( OCPM )   OWNS THE BUILDING AT 10515 WILBUR AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OHIO    WHERE THE DEMOLITION IN QUESTION TOOK PLACE.                      ON JULY 15, 1986, BOYAS BEGAN THE DEMOLITION OF THE     APARTMENT BUILDING LOCATED AT 10515 WILBUR AVENUE WITHOUT    FIRST INSPECTING THE BUILDING FOR ASBESTOS AND WITHOUT SUB-  MITTING A NOTICE OF ASBESTOS REMOVAL REQUIRED BY 40 C.F.R    SECTION 61.140 ET SEQ.  ON JULY 17, 1986, TWO INSPECTORS     FROM THE CLEVELAND DIVISION OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL WERE    SENT TO THAT ADDRESS IN RESPONSE TO AN ANONYMOUS RESIDENT    COMPLAINT.  THE INSPECTORS DISCOVERED THAT BOYAS FAILED TO   FOLLOW PROPER WORK PRACTICE REGULATIONS FOR HANDLING ASBES-  TOS.  THE COMPLAINING WITNESS STATED THAT THERE WAS EXCESS-  IVE DUST AS A RESULT OF THE DEMOLITION.                        THE DEMOLITION JOB WAS HALTED ON JULY 17, 1986.  DEFENDANT BOYAS SUBCONTRACTED AN ASBESTOS REMOVAL CONTRACTOR TO RE-    MOVE THE ASBESTOS FROM THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE BUI

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