# PRAEFKE BRAKE & SUPPLY CO.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31808`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0502
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $28K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PRAEFKE BRAKE & SUPPLY CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

AT THE TIME OF VIOLATION, THE FACILITY WAS LOCATED AT THE    ABOVE ADDRESS.  AS OF JUNE 1999 THEY MOVED OPERATIONS TO     AN ALREADY EXISTING FACILITY IN WEST BEND, WISCONSIN, BUT    CONTINUES TO OPERATE.                                        RESPONDENT FAILED TO MONITOR THE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF        ASBESTOS FROM ITS FABRICATING FACILITY FOR VISIBLE EMISSIONS TO THE OUTSIDE AIR, FAILED TO MAINTAIN RECORDS OF ITS        VISIBLE EMISSIONS MONITORING, FAILED TO RETAIN COPIES OF ITS MONITORING AND INSPECTION RECORDS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS,    AND FAILED TO LABEL ITS CONTAINERS OR WRAPPED MATERIALS OF   ASBESTOS-CONTAINING WASTE TO BE TRANSPORTED OFF ITS FACILITY WITH THE LOCATION AT WHICH THE WASTE WAS GENERATED, IN       VIOLATIONS OF THE REGULATIONS AT 40 C.F.R. SECTIONS          61.147(B)(3), 61.147(B)(5), 61.147(B)(6) AND 61.150(A)(1)(V) THE FACILITY WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO CONDUCT VISIBLE        EMISSIONS MONITORING, FAILURE TO KEEP THOSE MONITORING       RECORDS, AND FOR FAILURE TO LABEL POTENTIAL ASBESTOS-        CONTAINING WASTE PROPERLY.  FACILITY CAME INTO COMPLIANCE AS A RESULT OF A STATE ACTION, HOWEVER, STATE ACTION DID NOT    COLLECT PENALTIES.  THE FACILITY WHICH WAS CITED FOR         VIOLATIONS IS NOW PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN.

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