7/24/12 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $100, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
RESPONDENT IS THE OWNER OF AN INSTALLATION CONSISTING OF TWO HOIUSES PREVIOUSLY LOCATED AT 8251 AND 8259 COOPER CREEK ROAD, COLUMBUS, GA.
BETWEEN AUG 16, 2010 AND SEPT 10, 2010, RESPONDENT UNDERTOOK DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES AT THE FACILITY. RESPONDENT OWNED, LEASED, OPERATED, CONTROLLED OR SUPERVISED THE FACILITY WHERE DEMOLITION OCCURRED.
DURING EPA'S INVESTIGATION, RESPONDENT VERIFIED RESPONDENT'S VIOLATION OF CAA 112 AND 40 CFR 61.145(a) BY FAILING TO ENSURE THAT A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE FACILITY FOR THE PRESENCE OF ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS WAS CONDUCTED PRIOR TO DEMOLITION.
DURING THE INVESTIGATION, EPA ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED CAA 112 AND 40 CFR 61.145(b) BY FAILING TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE OF GEORGIA A WRITTEN NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONDUCT DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES AT THE FACILITY.