9/11/18 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $7,280, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
DEMOLITION OCCURRED FROM AROUND MAY 30, 2015 THRU JULY 11, 2015, AT FORMER STUDENT HOUSING BUILDINGS (BUILDINGS A, B, C, AND D, OF GEORGIA REGENTS UNIVERSITY, NOW NAMED AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY, LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SPELMAN STREET AND WRIGHTSBORO ROAD IN AUGUSTA, GA.
AT THE TIME OF THE DEMOLITION, RESPONDENT WAS THE GRADING, SITE WORK, AND DEMOLITION SUBCONTRACTOR AT THE FACILITY AND CONDUCTED THE DEMOLITION FOLLOWING ASBESTOS ABATEMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY ANOTHER SUBCONTRACTOR. THEREFORE, EPA MAINTAINS THAT RESPONDENT MEETS THE DEFINITION OF AN OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A RENOVATION OR DEMOLITION ACTIVITY.
EPA DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENT'S COMPLIANCE THROUGH THE REVIE OF INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENT IN RESPONSE TO EPA'S INFO REQUEST LETTER SENT ON AUG 19, 2015, PURSUANT TO CAA SECTION 114.
BEFORE THE DEMOLITION, AROUND 169,600 SQUARE FEET OF RACM WAS REMOVED FROM THE FACILITY.
EPA DETERMINED AND ASSERTS THAT RESPONDENT DID NOT PROVIDE THE STATE OF GEORGIA WITH ANY WRITTEN NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DEMOLISH THE FACILITY.