# STANDARD MACHINE & EQUIPMENT CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26792`
- **Case Number:** 05-1988-0081
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $18K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- STANDARD MACHINE & EQUIPMENT CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DEMOLITION WITHOUT GIVING PRIOR NOTICE TO OEPA; DEMOLITION OF BUILDING BEFORE REMOVING FRIABLE ASBESTOS; FAILURE TO ADE QUATELY WET FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIAL AND KEEP IT WET; IMPRO PER WASTE DISPOSAL OF FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIAL.  SECOND QTR REFERRAL.                                                      DATE VIOLATION DETERMINED:  09/25/86                         DATE DOCUMENTS RECEIVED BY ORC:  1/88                        THE CORPORATION HAS VIOLATED SECT 112 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT 42 USC 7412, AND HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH 40 CFR SECTS 61.  146 AND 61.147.  THE REGULATIONS ARE PART OF THE ASBESTOS    NAT'L EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (NES-  HAPS) WHICH REQUIRE ADEQUATE PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE AND PROPER WORK PRACTICES FOR RENOVATIONS INVOLVING FRIABLE ASBESTOS    MATERIAL.                                                      THIS REFERRAL IS BASED ON INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED BY THE     LAKE COUNTY HEALTH DEPT (LCHD) OF AN ASBESTOS DEMOLITION     OPERATION IN PAINESVILLE, OHIO, WHICH WAS DISCOVERED BY LCHD INSPECTORS ON SEPT. 25, 1986.  STANDARD MACHINE AND EQUIP-   MENT CO. HAD NOT NOTIFIED ANY AGENCY OF THE REMOVAL OPERA-   TION, IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR SECT 61.146, NOR DID THEY FOL-  LOW PROPER WORK PRACTICES DURING THE REMOVAL IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR SECT 61.147.  THE LCHD INSPECTORS TOOK SAMPLES AND    PHOTOGRAGHS AS EVIDENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS.                     REGION V SEEKS A PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST THE CORP AND A CIVIL PENALTY OF AT LEAST $15,270.  

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