JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP ET AL. NASHUA, NH. FILED 6/22/81, CIV ACTION #81-299-D, AMENDED 6/30/82. U.S. DIST COURT FOR THE DIST OF NH. J-M SALES CORP (JM) MNFCTS PRO- DUCTS CONTAINING ASBESTOS AT ITS NASHUA, NH PLANT. ACCORDING TO COMPLAINT, THE COMPANY DISPOSED OF ASBESTOS WASTES ON 6 SITES IN HUDSON, NH & CONDITIONS AT THE SITES POSE ENDANGERMENTS TO HEALTH & ENV. J-M IS ALLEGED TO HAVE DISPOSED OF THE ASBESTOS WASTES AT THE FOLLOWING SITES: MATARAZZO SITE, BURSEY SITE, BAKER SITE, ALUKONIS SITE, CHOATE SITE, LEMIEUX SITE. ACCORDING TO COMPLAINT, NEITHER J-M NOR THE 6 SITE OWNERS TOOK ADEQUATE MEASURES TO PREVENT FRIABLE ASBESTOS FIBERS FROM COMING TO SURFACES OF SITES OR BEING DISPERSED. FIBERS CAN BE DISTURBED BY WIND, ANIMAL OR HUMAN ACTIVITY & CAN BE INHALED. ASBESTOS IS A KNOWN HUMAN CARCINOGEN & INHALATION OF ASBESTOS FIBERS CAN CAUSE LUNG CANCER & MESOTHELIOMA. RELIEF IS SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 7003 OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION & RECOVERY ACT & SECTION 106(A) OF CERCLA. THE SUIT ASKS THE COURT TO DO THE FOLLOWING: ENJOIN FURTHER ASBESTOS DISPOSAL AT THE 6 SITES; ENJOIN ALTERATIONS OF THE SITES W/O PRIOR APPROVAL OF US EPA; ORDER J-M TO PREPARE A PLAN SUBJECT TO EPA APPROVAL TO COVER THE 6 SITES WITH SOIL & VEG, & TO MAINTAIN THE COVERS TO PREVENT ASBESTOS FIBERS FROM BECOMING AIRBORNE; PERFORM SPEC