# CUSTOM INSULATION II - LUXORA, ARK.
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34660`
- **Case Number:** 06-1989-0110
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $25K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CUSTOM INSULATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CUSTOM INSULATION, INC. (CUSTOM) IS A RESIDENTIAL AND COM-   MERCIAL INSULATING CONTRATOR LOCATED IN PINE BLUFF, AR.      DURING AUGUST, 1988, CUSTOM WAS UNDER CONTRACT TO REMOVE     ASBESTOS FROM THE CEILING OF THE LOBBY AT LUXORA ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL IN LUXORA, ARKANSAS.                                  *                                                            ASBESTOS IS A KNOWN ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGEN THAT MAY CAUSE  SERIOUS IRREVERSIBLE HEALTH EFFECTS AND EVEN DEATH TO IN-    DIVIDUALS EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS FIBERS.  CONSEQUENTLY, AS-     BESTOS HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR AS A HAZ-    ARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT AND IS COVERED UNDER SECTION 112 OF THE CAA, NESHAPS.  THE REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN THE ASBESTOS      NESHAP ARE CONTAINED IN 40 CFR PART 61, SUBPART M,           61.140 THROUGH 61.156.                                       *                                                            ON AUGUST 30, 1988, THE ADPC&E CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF    THE FACILITY DURING WHICH VIOLATIONS OF THE ASBESTOS NESHAP  STANDARDS WERE DOCUMENTED.  THE INSPECTOR NOTED THAT CUSTOM  WORKERS FAILED TO KEEP THE FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIALS ADE-   QUATELY WETTED UNTIL COLLECTED FOR DISPOSAL, 40 CFR 61.147   (E)(1); AND FAILED TO SEAL ASBESTOS CONTAINING WASTE MATER-  IALS IN LEAK-TIGHT CONTAINERS FOR PROPER DISPOSAL, 40 CFR    61.156(B)(1)(III).  FURTHER, NOTIFICATION OF AN INTENT TO    RENOVATE LUXORA ELEMENTARY DURING AUGUST WAS NOT SENT TO     EPA OR THE ADPC&E BEFORE THE RENOVAT

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