# ONEKAMA SCHOOLS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31244`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0670
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ONEKAMA SCHOOLS (settlement)
## Summary

ON JUNE 25, 1997, ONEKAMA SCHOOLS HAD ONE OF  THE SCHOOL     BUILDINGS RENOVATED.  THE RENOVATION INCLUDED REMOVAL OF     CEILINGS TILES.  DURING THE RENOVATION, ONE OF THE CONTRACT- ORS NOTICED MATERIAL WHICH HE SUSPECTED AS BEING ASBESTOS.   SUBSEQUENT TESTING REVEALED ASBESTOS IN PIECES OF CEILING    TILE.  ON JUNE 10, 1998, USEPA ISSUED A FINDING OF VIOLAT-   ION (FOV) TO ONEKAMA SCHOOLS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ASBESTOS  NESHAP.  ONEKAMA SCHOOLS WAS CITED FOR FAILING TO            THOROUGHLY INSPECT THE FACILITY FOR THE PRESENCE OF          ASBESTOS PRIOR TO THE RENOVATION; FAILING TO NOTIFY EPA OF   THE INTENT TO RENOVATE AT LEAST 10 DAYS BEFORE THE WORK      BEGAN; FAILING TO REMOVE ALL REGULATED ASBESTOS-CONTAINING   MATERIAL BEFORE RENOVATION; FAILING TO ADEQUATELY WET THE    RACM AND ENSURE THAT IT REMAINED WET UNTIL DISPOSAL; FAILING TO SEAL THE RACM IN LEAK-TIGHT CONTAINERS; AND FAILING TO    DEPOSIT ALL ASBESTOS-CONTAINING WASTE MATERIAL AS SOON AS    PRACTICAL AT AN EPA APPROVED DISPOSAL SITE.  AFTER MEETING   WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SCHOOL, WHO INFORMED EPA         OFFICIALS THAT AN EARLIER AHERA INSPECTION HAD INDICATED     THAT NO ASBESTOS WAS PRESENT IN THE FACILITY, A FINAL AGREED ORDER WAS NEGOTIATED.  UNDER THE AGREED ORDER, ONEKAMA       SCHOOLS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ASBESTOS NESHAP AND SECTION 112 OF THE CAA IN ANY FUTURE     DEMOLITION OR RENOVATION ACTIVITY.

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