# MANUEL ESPARROGOZA
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31057`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0463
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $400
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MANUEL ESPARROGOZA (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

RESPONDENT REMOVED FRIABLE ASBESTOS WITHOUT PROPER           ACCREDITATION.                                               TSCA 206(A) REQUIRES THAT ASBESTOS WORKERS MUST BE           ACCREDITED TO CONDUCT RESPONSE ACTIONS INVOLVING FRIABLE     ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS.  THE COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT   MR. ESPARROGOZA HAD RECEIVED CERTIFICATION OF ANNUAL WORKER  REFRESHER TRAINING IN COMPLIANCE WITH TSCA, BUT HAD NOT IN   FACT ATTENDED SUCH TRAINING.  THE COMPLAINT FURTHER ALLEGED  THAT MR. ESPARROGOZA HAD PARTICIPATED IN A RESPONSE ACTION   INVOLVING FRIABLE ASBESTOS DURING THE TIME PERIOD COVERED    BY THIS CERTIFICATE.

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