DATE VIOLATION DETERMINED: 10/87 DATE DOCUMENTS RECEIVED BY ORC: 12/87 METRO WRECKING COMPANY, INC., (METRO) IS A DEMOLITION CON- TRACTOR LOCATED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. IN JUNE OF 1986, METRO CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY OF DETROIT MICHIGAN, TO DEMOLISH A FACILITY LOCATED ON CASS STREET (THE CASS FACILITY) IN DETROIT. THE ASBESTOS NESHAP RE- QUIRED THAT METRO SUBMIT A NOTICE OF INTENT TO DEMOLISH AT LEAST 10 DAYS BEFORE COMMENCING DEMOLITION. METRO SUB- MITTED A NOTICE ON JUNE 20, 1986, WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO BEGIN THE DEMOLITION ON JULY 1, 1986. EYEWITNESSES WILL TESTIFY THAT METOR BEGAN REMOVING ASBESTOS AS EARLY AS JUNE 9, 1986. IN APRIL OF 1987, METRO AGAIN CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, THIS TIME FOR THE DEMOLITION OF A FACI- LITY LOCATED ON BLAINE STREET (THE BLAINE FACILITY) IN DETROIT. THE ASBESTOS NESHAP REQUIRED THAT METRO SUBMIT A NOTICE OF INTENT TO DEMOLISH AT LEAST 20 DAYS PRIOR TO BEGINNING THE DEMOLITION. ON APRIL 14, 1987, AN INSPECTOR ARRIVED AT THE BLAINE FACILITY AND FOUND IT TO BE 75% DE- MOLISHED. ON APRIL 16, 1987, METRO SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED NOTICE. IN ADDITION TO THE NOTICE VIOLATIONS AT THE CASS AND BLAINE FACILITIES, U.S. EPA SUSPECTS THAT METRO VIOLATED THE NESHAP WORK PRACTICES STANDARDS.