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SEALTITE CORPORATION AND STANDISH CORPORATION

Judicial · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 34360

$15K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1988-0116
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-1274
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

SYNOPSIS: SEALTITE CORP IS BASED IN WAUKESHA, WI, AND OPERATES PRI- MARILY AS AN INSULATION AND ROFFING CONTRACTOR. SEALTITE IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF STANDISH CORP (SEALTITE'S HOLDING COMPANY), WHICH IS ALSO LOCATED IN WI. SEALTITE WAS UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) IN JACKSONVILLE, AR, TO REMOVE ASBESTOS FROM PIPES AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS IN BLDG 884 DURING NOV OF 1984, AND BLDG 480 IN JAN OF 1988. * ASBESTOS IS A KNOWN ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGEN THAT MAY CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH EFFECTS AND EVEN DEATH TO INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS FIBERS. CONSEQUENTLY, ASBESTOS HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE ADMIN AS A HAZ AIR POLLUTANT AND IS COVERED UNDER SECTION 112 OF THE CAA, NESHAP. THE REGULA- TIONS THAT GOVERN THE ASBESTOS NESHAP ARE CONTAINED IN SUBPART M, 40 CFR PART 61, 61.140 THROUGH 61.156. * ON NOV 4, 1987, THE ADPC & CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF BLDG 884. SEALTITE WAS SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE RENOVATION OPERATIONS AT THIS FACILITY ON NOV 10, 1987. DURING THE INSPECTION, TWO WORK PRACTICE VIOLATIONS UNDER THE ASBES- TOS NESHAP REGULATIONS WERE DOCUMENTED. * THE INSPECTOR NOTED THAT SEALTITE FA

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