# METRO WRECKING COMPANY, INC
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26727`
- **Case Number:** 05-1988-0011
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $22K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- METRO WRECKING CO. INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

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.

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