9/27/18 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,871, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON OR ABOUT MAY 15, 2018, EPA REGION 4 INSPECTOR CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF RENOVATION AND DEMOLITION NOTIFICATIONS RECENTLY SUBMITTED TO GEORGIA EPD. BASED ON THAT REVIEW, EPA REGION 4 DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENT HAD SUBMITTED A NOTIFICATION ON OR ABOUT JAN 26, 2018, WHICH INDICATED THAT RESPONDENT WOULD BEGIN ASBESTOS ABATEMENT WORK, A RENOVATION ACTIVITY, ON FEB 5, 2018, AT THE WELLSTAR COBB HOSPITAL, INC., LOCATED IN AUSTELL, GA. THE NOTIFICATION INDICATED THAT THE RENOVATION ACTIVITY WOULD BE CONDUCTED OVER THE PERIOD OF APPROX 11 MONTHS.
ON OR ABOUT JULY 19, 2018, EPA REGION 4 INSPECTORS VISITED THE FACILITY TO OBSERVE THE RENOVATION/ASBESTOS ABATEMENT WORK BEING CONDUCTED BY THE RESPONDENT. AT THAT TIME, NO ASBESTOS ABATEMENT WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED BY RESPONDENT AND THE INSPECTOR LEARNED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD BEGUN ASBESTOS ABATEMENT WORK AT THE FACILITY ON FEB 13, 2018 AND ENDED ON MARCH 2, 2018.
THE RESPONDENT HAS PROVIDED NO EVIDENCE TO EPA SHOWING THAT IT SUBMITTED A REVISED NOTIFICATION TO THE GEORGIA EPD ABOUT THE NEW START DATE OF FEB 13, 2018, PRIOR TO THE ORIGINAL START DATE OF FEB 5, 20218, OR THAT IT PROVIDED SUCH NOTIFICATION BY TELEPHONE, AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 61.145(b)(3)(iv).