# CERTIFIED ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4361`
- **Case Number:** 02-1992-0008
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $39K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CERTIFIED ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGIES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CRS, INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POL-     LUTANTS ( NESHAP ) FOR ASBESTOS WERE VIOLATED BY FAILURE     TO COMPLY WITH REMOVAL PROCEDURES.  SPECIFICALLY, IN         JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1991, DEFENDANTS CAUSED THE      DEMOLITION OF A BUILDING.  DURING THE DEMOLITION, DEFENDANTS FAILED TO WET REGULATED ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIAL         ( RACM ) DURING STRIPPING OPERATIONS, IN VIOLATION OF 40     CFR SECTION 61.145(C)(3), FAILED TO MAINTAIN RACM WET        UNTIL COLLECTED FOR DISPOSAL, IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR         SECTION 61.145(C) (6) (I), AND FAILED TO LABEL CONTAINERS    OR WRAPPED MATERIALS WITH THE NAME OF THE WASTE GENERATOR    AND THE LOCATION AT WHICH THE WASTE WAS GENERATED.             ON 10/16/91, EPA ISSUED COMPLIANCE ORDERS TO CERTIFIED     ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC AND COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC.      THE ORDERS REQUIRED DEFENDANTS TO CEASE VIOLATION OF AND TO  COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF 40 CFR PART 61,     SUBPART M AT THIS FACILITY AND ANY FACILITY WHERE FRIABLE    ASBESTOS IS PRESENT.                                           THE PROPOSED RELIEF TO BE SOUGHT IS AN INJUNCTION          DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS GOVERNING    ASBESTOS DEMOLITIONS AND RENOVATIONS AND TO COLLECT          PENALTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000, BASED UPON EPA'S         ASBESTOS DEMOLITION AND RENOVATION CIVIL PENALTY POLICY      DATED 8/22/89.                                                 RECENT CONTACTS WITH THE DEFENDANTS 

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