# JOHNS-MANVILLE ASBESTOS SITES
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `48`
- **Case Number:** 01-1982-0013
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- ALUKONIS STANLEY (settlement)
- BAKER THOMAS (settlement)
- BURSEY, AUTHUR (settlement)
- CHOATE, MR & MRS J. (settlement)
- JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- LEMIEUX, MR & MRS J (settlement)
- MATARAZZO, MR & MRS A. (settlement)
## Summary

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

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