# SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36288`
- **Case Number:** 06-1995-0419
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $28K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $211
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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