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SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Administrative - Formal · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 36288

$28K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$211
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1995-0419
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Y
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 113(D) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SEC. 7413(D) AND SECTION 16 OF THE TOXIC SUB- STANCES CONTROL ACT ( TSCA ), AS AMENDED, 15 U.S.C. SEC. 2614, AND 40 C.F.R. SECS. 22.13 AND 22.43(B). 2. SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY 601 UNIVERSITY DRIVE SAN MARCOS, TEXAS 78666-1466 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 112 OF THE CAA BY 1) FAILURE TO INCLUDE COMPLETE INFORMATION REGARDING DES- CRIPTION OF AFFECTED PARTS OF THE FACILITY AND QUANTITY OF RACM TO BE REMOVED OR STRIPPED BY SWTSU EMPLOYEES, 2) FAILURE TO REMOVE ALL RACM FROM A FACILITY BEING RENOVAT- ED BEFORE ANY ACTIVITY BEGINS THAT WOULD BREAK UP, DIS- LODGE, OR SIMILARLY DISTURB THE MATERIAL, AND 3) FAILURE TO ENSURE THAT STRIPPED OR REMOVED MATERIAL REMAINS WET UNTIL COLLECTED AND CONTAINED OR TREATED FOR DISPOSAL. THE RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 15 OF TSCA BY FAILURE TO PERFORM MONITORING WITHIN THE WORK AREA TO DETERMINE ACCURATELY THE AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS OF AS- BESTOS TO WHICH EMPLOYEES MAY BE EXPOSED. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(D) OF THE CAA AND SECTION 16 OF TSCA, EPA PROPOSES A PENALTY OF $35,200 FOR THE CAA VIOLATIONS AND A PENALTY OF $5,000 FOR THE TSCA VIOLATIONS, FOR A TOTAL PENALTY OF $40,200.

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