9/12/19 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $10,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
RESPONDENT CONDUCTED RENOVATION ACTIVITY AS A FORMER DOCTOR'S OFFICE ON OR AROUND APRIL 1, 2019, LOCATED AT 5370 PEACHTREE ROAD IN CHAMBLEE, GA. RESPONDENT CONDUCTED DEMOLITION ACTIVITY OF A NEIGHBORING APARTMENT ON OR AROUND APRIL 15, 2019, LOCATED AT 5368 PEACHTREE ROAD, CHAMBLEE, GA.
BASED ON AN INVESTIGATION WHICH INCLUDED, BUT WAS NOT LIMITED TO, AN INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY EPA, DISCUSSIONS WITH GA EPD, AND DISCUSSIONS WITH RESPONDENT, EPA DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENT DID NOT THOROUGHLY INSPECT THE FACILITY OR PORTION OF THE FACILITY AFFECTED FOR ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS PRIOR TO BEGINNING THE RENOVATION ACTIVITY AND THE DEMOLITION ACTIVITY, AS REQUIRED BY THE REGS PERTAINING TO ASBESTOS FOUND AT 40 CFR PART 61, SUBPART M.
BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION, EPA DETERMINATION THAT THE RESPONDENT DID NOT PROVIDE THE STATE OF GA WITH ANY WRITTEN NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DEMOLISH THE FACILITY, AS REQUIRED BY THE REGS PERTAINING OT ASBESTOS FOUND AT 40 CFR PART 61, SUBPART M.