# LIMA DEMOLITION/LAUK, GARY
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26871`
- **Case Number:** 05-1988-0167
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $23K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LIMA DEMOLITION AND A.B. FINK (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ASBESTOS - NESHAP VIOLATIONS.                                THE ABOVE REFERENCED COMPANY AND INDIVIDUAL HAVE VIOLATED  SECTION 112 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 42 U.S.C. 7412 AND HAVE    FAILED TO COMPLY WITH 40 C.F.R. SECTIONS 61.147.  THE REGULA TIONS ARE PART OF THE ASBESTOS NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS   FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (NESHAP) WHIC REQUIRE ADEQUATE  PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE AND PROPER WORK PRACTICES FOR DEMOLI-   TIONS INVOLVING FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIAL.                     THIS REFERRAL IS BASD ON INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED BY THE OHIO  EPA'S NORTHWEST DISTRICT OFFICE OF AN ASBESTOS DEMOLITION   OPERATION, DISCOVERED ON JULY 27, 1987.  LIMA DEMOLITION, A  WRECKING OPERATOR, DID NOT SUBMIT ANY NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO DEMOLISH, IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 61.146 AND DID NOT FOL-  LOW PROPER WORK PRACTICES BEFORE AND DURING THE REMOVAL OF   FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIAL, IN VIOLATION OF C.F.R SECTION     61.147.                                                        REGION V SEEKS TO PERMANENTLY ENJOIN LIMA DEMOLITION AND   A.B. FINK FROM FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF THE NESHAP REGULATIONS  AND SEEKS A CIVIL PENALTY OF AT LEAST $22,208.                 FINDINGS OF VIOLATION WERE ISSUED TO LIMA DEMOLITION AND   A.B. FINKS ON AUGUST 16, 1988.  A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE TO    DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1988 BE-    TWEEN U.S. EPA AND DEFENDANTS.                                 THIS CASE IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE LIMA DEMOLITION IS A COM- PANY THAT PERFORMS DEMOLITION OPERATIO

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