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GARY STEEL PRODUCTS CORPORATION

Judicial · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 27665

$155K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1991-0069
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

GARY STEEL PRODUCTS CORP AND PURCELL MCQUEEN VIOLATED THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. SECTIONS 7401 ET SEQ. AND THE NATIONAL EMIS- SION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (NESHAP), 40 CFR PART 61, PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, SEPCIFICALLY SUBPART M, THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARD FOR ASBESTOS. THE ASBESTOS NESHAP REQUIRES ADEQUATE PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE AND PROPER WORK PRACTICES FOR RENOVATIONS INVOLVING FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIAL. DEFENDANTS ALSO VIOLATED THE CERCLA 42 U.S.C. SECTIONS ET SEQ. AND THE REGULATIONS AT 40 C.F.R. SECTION 302.6, WHICH REQUIRE THE REPORTING OF A RELEASE OF A HAZARD- OUS SUBSTANCE, IN ANY 24 HOUR PERIOD, TO THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. - THIS REFERRAL IS BASED ON 3 NESHAP VIOLATIONS AND 1 CERCLA VIOLATION DISCOVERED DURING THE FOLLOWING INSPECTIONS: 11/7/89 AT THE CARY STEEL PRODUCTS CORP FACILITY & 10/6/89 AT THE 9TH AND CLINE AVENUE SITE. ON 11/28/90, THE U.S. EPA ISSUED A FINDING OF VIOLATION TO GARY STEEL PRODUCTS CORP OUTLINING THE NESHAPS VIOLATIONS. AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE WITH THE COMPANY WAS HELD ON 12/17/90. SINCE THE AGENCY WAS UNAWARE OF MCQUEEN'S IDENTITY AT THE TIME THE FOV WAS ISSUED TO GARY STEEL, A FINDING A VIOLATION WAS NOT SENT TO PURCELL MCQUEEN. GARY STEEL PRODUCTS CO. AND PURCELL MCQUEEN CONDUCTED A RE NOVATION OF ASBESTOS MATERIAL FROM S

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