# 179 SOUTH STREET VENTURE
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3814`
- **Case Number:** 02-1990-0073
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $74K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- 179 SOUTH STREET VENTURE (complaint) (settlement)
- E.J. REALTY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS   ( NESHAP ) FOR ASBESTOS WERE VIOLATED BY THE PROPOSED DEF-   ENDANTS' FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE NOTIFICATION, REMOVAL    AND DISPOSAL PROCEDURES, SET FORTH IN 40 CFR SECT 61.147 AND 61.152, CONSECUTIVELY AND THEIR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE   NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT SET FORTH IN SECTION 61.146.        SPECIFICALLY: (1) IN APPROXIMATELY AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER  OF 1988, THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS BEGAN TO RENOVATE AND       FAILED TO NOTIFY EPA BEFORE THE RENOVATION BEGAN.  (2) AFTER THIS RENOVATION, BAGS OF ASBESTOS WERE OBSERVED IN WHICH, IN VIOLATION OF SECT 61.147(E), REMOVED ASBESTOS MATERIAL HAD   NOT REMAINED WET UNTIL IT WAS COLLECTED FOR DISPOSAL.        DURING THIS PERIOD, DEFENDANTS ALSO FAILED TO ENSURE THAT    THE ASBESTOS MATERIAL WAS PROPERLY DISPOSED.  EPA ISSUED     ORDERS FOR THESE VIOLATIONS.  THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS FILED  UNTIMELY RESPONSES TO THESE ORDERS AND EVEN THOUGH THEY      HIRED A LICENSED ASBESTOS REMOVAL CONTRACTOR THEY CONTINUED  TO BE IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR PART 61.  IN EARLY OCTOBER,     THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS WERE OBSERVED REMOVING ASBESTOS WITH OUT ADEQUATELY WETTING THE MATERIAL.  BAGS OF DRY ASBESTOS   WERE ALSO OBSERVED IN THE BUILDING AND IN A VAN OUTSIDE THE  BUILDING.                                                      INJUNCTIVE RELIEF DIRECTING THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS TO     COMPLY WITH THE NESHAP REGULATIONS GOVERNING ASBESTOS RENO-  VATIONS AND DEMOLITIONS IN THE FUTURE;

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